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.ii fet* 1/ Si pr ?$ij ft* *T, 'Hvndi-eds Join in .Celebrations in Nearby Communities N Official Program Here BASEBALL, BAND CONCERT AND DANCING ENJOYED i/fcV* ^fs S *f Apparent Opinion Is That City Should Have Some Sort of Program Next Year ffrc\- Although there were frequent j$few,'- Queries as to why Bemidji had no official celebration, Independence "Day was fairly well enjoyed by Be midji" residents largely due to the ,fact that other communities nearby were staging some sort of a pro gram of entertainment. Hundreds of autos left the city early Tuesday morningf:^'!n$arby' iyillagejs^f ia11? day oulingst'picnics' and1 "the like. .A large number also attended the fif tieth anniversary ctlebration at Brainerd where an exceptionally en joyable program was staged. Despite the. threatening weather events were staged in and about of the afternoon, a number of Bemidji. These included a ball game between Thief River Falls and Be midji at the local fair grounds, Thief River winning the third game of the series by a score of 10 to 4. At Diamond Point Park, the Bemidji Adult band assisted in entertaining a large^glSthering. In addition there '"was a fpjg'-'r^ing 'contest and sev eral other^onJes^..|^^p| |p In the^ilvli^Mihe^nfewllirl^ory. and Birchmlnt^BSaclriI summer hotel were the centers'---. entertainment. The BemidjiF^eiDe^meijt^ged the seeohd the of& serj|e^of dances? at newf-'.^ory# staged in ^onriectibnt Both Monday and Tufesday ,eveningsther was a large crowd in ^attendance and all report *,very .-..enjoyable affafr. Music was uriiished1 by the Blue Ribbon orchestra of Bemidji.,: B. R. Erickson was' chairman of the cbm mittee in charge for. the firemen. This wj&vjpa^ of ?tfae' local depart ment's program of raising funds'to entertain the 1923 state convention ot firemen. At Bir^hmont dancing was enjoy ed from 9 to 12 o'clock, music being furnished by Dot Van's orchestra' of Bemidji. All who attended report a very enjoyable evening with (except ionally gooo^ttiiaie. This was the regular Tuesday evening dance at this popular summer hotel, two be ing given each week througout the summer. A shortstop tournament wasen joyed at the Bemidji Country Club golf Jinks, play beginning at 8:30 in the morning. Altogether, the Fourth of July was passed) quietly and from all angles was considered "Safe and Sane." v-v The kiddies who were fortunate enough had their own fire works. There was no community* display, although lower Minnesota avenue was treated with ,a :*igreat outburst of fire-crackers early in the evening when a string of crackers at least 15 feet long, was. set off in front of the Kclliher hotel. The string was suspended.,- (from a pole, especially erected' for' the purpose and pro vided plenty of noise for about-ten minutes. No injuries as the result of fireworks have been reported and the kiddies-have settled.', back for another long wait with the hope in their hearts that Bemidji will stage some sort of community celebration next year. FOUR NAMES ARE FILED FOR SCHOOL ELECTION As candidates for .election tofjthe board of education of the Behiidji public schools, thjpW|Bjies of four persons, one man^afrathree women have been filed for the election which is to take place Saturday evening, July 15' at the Central school building. These names have been filed by at least four voters Of -the^ district and were filed before the closing time. Monday, July 3. Election will be held July 16 to name the7 successors to two members of the board whose terms are ex piring at this time. These two mem bers are Mrs. E. F. Netzer'and J. W. Smith.. Thos.eWhose names have been filed as candidates for election are W. N. Bowser, Mrs. Ella M. Ras mussenj Mrs. E FrNetzer and Mrs. Anna rbon Election will be from 7 o'clock to 9 o'clock Saturday even ing, July 15 GRAIN TRADING UI WINS W IN HOUSE Farm Bloc. Forces Action v^'Face of Strong Resistance in the^Hpuse a'i. Farm Bureau News Service The Farm Bloc, fathered by the American Farm Bureau Federation has won another striking victory in congress. A few days ago, Washington dis patches, announced that the Capper Tincher bill tp, regulate the grain exchanges Was' headed for the side track, and nothing could saye it in the present session of congress. The house rules committee, dispacthes said, would not permit its consider ation. f.Jv- -H- ,.,T Withlii 24 hoifrs theFarm Bloc's demand for action grew so strong that the rules committee reversed itself and passed a rule allowing the house of representatives to act on the new bill to put the grain trade under the supervision dlTthe public. The house,ofI .representatives al most immediately passed the bill by a vote of 208 to 76. The new measure was drawn up as a substitute for the Capper Tincher bill passed last year, and later held unconstitutional in some..' of its provisions. The new act would regulate -the grain tirade and pre- ^v^lfiin^nipulatioh under the inter sta% commerce clause of the con stitution.. The first bill attempted to attain effective public regulation of thev grain pits by taxation, which the supreme court held was a wrong ful use of the taxing power^n,^ 5*%^ FORTY PERSONS-KII1ED IN CELEBRATING FOURTH (By United Press) Aptpr,oximatelyj 40 persons were killed and more than 250 injured in the country's Fourth of July cel ebration, according to reports to the-United Press today. New York, where children fired, hundreds of thousands of- dollars worth of fire crackers led the ltet with 11 dead an 45 injured. (By.United Press) St. Paul, July 6Four were in jujre^. one seriously, by fire works yesterday* Five drowned and three injured in automobile accidents marked the holiday. '"f:-l'-..'MVI*XBy United Press) S,t. Paul, July 5Boys with fire crackers caused a $150,00a fire here yesterday. The old Barrett & Zim merman stable at University:^an Prior avehuej the Brooks Lumber company's yards adjoining and the Columbia hall buildings were burn ed. Seventy head of horses were saved. Five goats and two mules W.ere hurried. COUNTRY CLUB SPENDS ENJOYABLE JULY FOURTH Shortshop Tournament Staged in Forenoon Foursomes During Afternoon With the present season only nicely under way, the Bemidji Country club this year is enjoying the most active season since the club was first organized.) Tuesday saw the largest .crowd at the golf course this season and much interest was shown, in the matches. Promptly at N 8:30 a shortstop tournament was staged, the players taking off in three flights of eight each. In the first flight R. H. Schu maker defeated A. J. McMillan in the finals two up in one.| In the second G. M. Torrance defeated D. J. Moore three up. Moore pulled the big"surprise, of the day when he de feated S. S Wilson very handily. In the third flight,. B. W. Lakin de feated H. C. Baer in the finals two up. A number of the matches went over nine holes, tie scores necessi tating further play The prize for the first flight was a golf club furnished by A. P. White for the second a golf club furnish* ed by H. C. Baer, and for the third a golf "club furnished by R. H. Schumaker. In the afternoon, mixed two-ball foursomes were enjoyed, play be ginning at 3 o'clock. Three tied for first honors, Miss Donna Lycan and G. M. Torrance with 42 net, Mrs, B. F. Anderson and J. A. Younggren with 42 net, and Mrs. D. A. Dilley and A. J. McMillan with 42 net. This match will probab ly be played off some time this week. For the foursomes the prize for the ladies is six golf balls furnished by B. W. Lakin and for the men a golf club furnished by the Northern National Bank. Detroit is listed to play here Sat urday and Sunday, July 8 and 9, but in case that club fails to come here,for the tournament, qualifying rounds will be played for the championship cup recently put back into play by E. H, Dcnu. Last Outstanding Little Band of Rebels at Point of Surrender Today ARMED BANDS TAKEN I N COUNTYWINSLOW Government Troops Rush Into Strongholds and Capture Thirty Prisoners (By United Press) Dublin. July 5 (By George Mac Donough)^Hampered in by an in ferno of flames with free state troops sending shell after shell to spread destruction along Sackville street, the last outstanding little band of rebels were at the point of surrender, this afternoon. The entire block .was a mass of fire., From a vantage point I could see that the, flames had attacked every building from which rebel' fire still came at intervals. The rebellion of Rory O'Connor was near its end. Dublin July 6 (By George Mc Donough, passed by the military censor)A handlful of rebels held out today against troops of the frse state* Sparodic feeble firing still came from little groups of shell-torn buildings where the rebels of Rory O'Cdnner, now in jail, were dying under the reported leadership of Eamonn DeValera. State artillery tossed 18-pound shells into the smok ing ruins, but efforts to dislodge the remaining extremists failed. The half-hearted Collins men were sick of blood-shed and the killing of fellow Irishmen. They hip rebels would find a way.to surrender as, did their lead-: fer at the end of the civil war,. Arm ored1 cars and fresh troops were ready to stamp out the rest of the rebellion in the Irish Free State. (By Unit** Prow) Kingston, Ireland, July 5^Arm- gangs, of bandits and insurgents including Irish mountain girls car rying^ riffles and black jacks, were rounded up and captured in the hills of County Winslow today by Free State troops. The bands had been" invading -villages in the valley. MillEnery phops were especially singled out for looting by women bandits. S^overnment troops called upon by the villagers rushed into the, robbers' stronghold here, in the hills and brought bask 30 prisoners. :,ed BEMIDJI BOYS' BAND TO GIVE CONCERT THURSDAY Bandmaster G. O. R^ggs announ ces that regular practice will be held at 7:30 this evening in the band rooms, City hall, for the Be midji Boys' Band|in preparation for the regular weekly concert to be staged Thursday evening in Library park at 8 o'clock. A fine program is being arranged ahd the public is invited to hear the boys play. WHAT A DAV Of 6E6RET ANP PAIN 1B& F'FTH 0S6P T& BE-AND JUNE BUSY MONTH FOR COUNTY ACENTS OFFICE June was n' acUvq month for the office of County Agent D.C Dvor acelq, according to the statistical report just issued^'^Nineteen and one-fourth d&ys^were spent in the office at the court Siousc, while six and threes-fourths,.1 days were spent in the field. Office' calls totaled-125, telephone callsjlll, field interviews 40, letters writtcrfc 180, circulars written 11, total circulation of cir culars 1,297, farm visits made 55. total auto ihileagej910, ALL PATRIOTIC BODIES INVITED TO G.X R. MEET Des Moines, Jully i5 (United Press).Summons to |all patriotic organizations in the cefntry to join in an lall-American x0|iclave here next September has ifen issued by the national encampment of the Grand Army of the ijiefublic. Invitations were b'ei day to every patrioti officially allied with to, send special delegAt fifty-sixth annual ena:,, the veterans whiclj will fe held here September 24-28. Nine patriotic organizations close ly affiliated with thi .'A...R will hold their national |con|i entions in conjunction with thf "encampment. These are.: The Women's Refef Corps, Sons of Veterans' Auxiliary, daughters ofk Veterans', Ladies! of lH G. A., R. National Association of Army Nur ses, National Association of Vicks burg Veterans, National Association of Navy Veterans and National As sociation of Union Prisioners of War. "Unusual. significiance should be attached to the G. A. R. encamp ment this year," .said, George E. Hamilton, secretary of the general executvie committee. "It will be one''of the last oppor tunities younger allied organizations will have to learp the spirit of the 60's. More than 25,000 blue coated veterans and their tthirty fife and drum corps will seek to make a lasting impression this year." mailed to- society, not "G.A. R.. ins to the bpment of KIWANIS CLUB TO HEAR BOOSTER FOR CONVENTION W. D. Davies of Toronto will be present at the regular meeting of the Bemidji Kiwahis club Thursday noon, to be held at the Elks club rooms, to boost the Grand Forks convention, to which Bemidji in tends to send a delegation. J.. C. West, Rev. William Elliott, Rev, L. P. Marford and Lee LaBaw compose the cpmmittee in charge of tomorrow's program and it is urged that there be a large attendance of members. R'rnkmber wrap meetings attended 11, totaT attendance at meetings 390. Projects worked, "jon during the month included farm bureau units, farmers' Jclujbl, poultry (work, po tato certification, Ipool pool, farm bureau picnic, livestock work,' bor deaux) mixture/ land! clearing, co operative marketing 'and cooperation correspondence and. miscellaneous activities. .^.^".^.J Three meetings' of farm bureau units were attended where the total attendance of 200 and the meeting club .meeting with an attendance of 18, the farm bureau picnic with an atttendance of 200 andfthc meeting of the Turtle River Produce aBsoci ation with an attendance of 20. U.S.T0TOIS Hundreds of People Each Da Form Line Winding Its Way Past President's Desk NUMBER HA S REACHED 2,000 SEVERAL TIMES There Is N Indication at Present That This Custom Will Suspended By Thomas L. Stokes (United Press Staff Correspondent) Washington, July 5 (United Press) .-rThe White House is rapid ly becoming one of the greatest tourist "meccaa" in the country. Every day now hundreds of people are in line which winds its way past the desk of the President for a handshake. Long before, the appoint ed hour, the crowd begins to gather on the plaza before the door. The rush began in the spring and has never abated. Some days there have been by actual count more than 2,000 in the linethe number being swelled by graduating class* es of high schools in the various parts of the country,. There are never less than 300. Occasionally some citizen who has enjoyed the savor of public life and knows the burden of its re quirements, will ask in astonish ment, "How does the President stand it?"'.',.,., Yet there has been no indication that the custom will be suspended. As it is, President Harding is' per haps the most prolific handshaker* that has ever occupied the White House. An .estimate of the number of people who have passed his desk since^Majrch 4 1921 would prlJ|iW be' astounding. It probably is^lose to 160,000^ And there was never a more var ied assemblage gathered in the out er courts of royalty than can be found in this body which comes dailysome for thousands of miles to shake hands with the Presi dent^ Americans are there, from far west, south, east -and north. For eign nations are frequently repre sented. Some day every race has its qudtawhite, black, yellow and brown. A classification by trade and pro fession of those who have passed through the executive offices will show several different categories, politicians, statesmen, diplomats, preachers, professors,, teachers, students, professional baseball play (Continued on Page 8.) BOYS' BAND TO PLAY AT DIAMOND POINT FRIDAY Archie Ditty, Diamond Point park custodian, announces that the Be midji Boys' band will give a public concert at Diamond Point Friday evening, plans are being! made for a large attendance and the public in general is invited to visit the Point at this time especially. i*,1fO* STATE WILL C0KTRACT ON ROAD PROJECT HERE 1 Improvement of Farley Section of Highway No. 8 Part of Late Season Program Grading, bridge construction and graveling Of 1.6 miles on the Farley section of state trunk highway No., 7 estimated to cost $26,000 is one of 29 permanent improvement projects making up the late season construc tion program of, the Minnesota Highway department as made pub lic today. The list includes nearly 125 miles of gravel-surfacing and 100 miles of grading and with minor items is estimated to cost approxi mately^ $1,440,000. Speeding trunk betterments as fast as the funds are made avail able Charles Mi Babcpck state high way commissioner plans to open bids on the new undertakings begin ningt July 10. Construction to be pushed on every job that the public may enjoy Jhe better roads on the earliest date possible. The {new call for bidB follows the action by congress toward appro bating: federal highway aid for Minnesota and other states during the new government fiscal year. Only half the annual sum provided heretofore and expected until re cently will be forthcoming now, of ficials said,, but every effort will be made to use it to serve greatest needs and the largest number of highway users. HOME DEMONSTRATION AGENT BEGINS WORK Miss Clover Sabin, recently ap pointed Joint County Home Demon stration Agent for .'Beltrami, Jtasca Koochiching and Hubbard counties began her duties here Juluy 1, with headquarters in Bemidji at the county agent's office. She nas al ready began her new work, having held a special meeting at the Cen tral school today to instruct local leadajeMn home demonstration wo/k Thursday she will hold a meeting in the Nebish consolidated school at 1:80 in the afternoon. A similar meeting will be held in the Hagali town hall Friday afternoon at 1:30 and Saturday in the Saum consol idated school at 1:30., Her schedule for Beltrami county calls for meetings within the coun ty August 1 to 5, August 29 to 31, September 1 and 2, September 26 to 30, and October 24 to 28. Miss Sabin comes to work in these four counties highly, recommended. She'was born and raised on a farm in Crow Wing county and knows the farm and farm home in Northern Minnesota. She is a graduate of the Home Economics division of the College of Agriculture at the Uni versity of Minensota. Hearty com munity cooperation will undoubted ly insure success in her work in these counties. BEMIDJI DROPS SERIES TO THIEF RIVER FALLS Second and Third Games to Visitors Monday 8 to 7, and Tuesday 10 to 4 After winning the first game of the series by a score of 2 to 1 in a contest which highly pleased those who witnessed it, the Bemidji city baseball team dropped the second of the series Monday afternoon by a pcore of 8 to 7 and the third of the series Tuesday afternoon by a count of 10 to 4. Thief River Falls is the victor in what is likely to be the last series of games played by the local- club this year. Although the visitors were nearer the bottom than the top in the standings of the Red River Valley league, of which this team was until recently a mem ber, they showed their superiority over the Bemidji team, the strong Thief River Falls infield being largely responsible. Tuesday's game was marred by a -nnmber of errors by the infield and outfield, and by numerous failures to steal bases. Thief Rive*, however held up well at all times, giving Brazil, one-armed pitcher, commend able support. Stenhoff, who per formed behind the bat for Thief RiVer played an exceptionally hard game,as did the entire infield. Kamp was hit quite freely by the visitors and lack of support at times was responsible for a number of Thief River runs. Frank Phibbs and Kamp formed the Bemidji battery in the Tuesday game, the same line up being used as in the Sunday game when all performed admirably. -Thief River scored one run in the first inning, a feat which that team has done for at least ten straight games. Five runs were tallied up for Thief River in the third inning, while Bemidji annexed its first counter in the last half of the game inning. From then on the scoring was fairly well divided, but Be^- (Continued on Page 8.) MINNESOT A i'^K^Nl HISTORIC** Minnesota,* Generally #s,ht to**. night and ThuVlay cooler to-* night and Jr me east pot^S, 'tion^Thu" %&& MAINTENANCE O WAY MEN REFUSE O QUIT Shop Men Returning to Work in S Paul More Expected to Follow Soon (By United rM) (Chicago, July 4, (By Charles R. Lynch)Railroad shopmen, now-en strike, are able to stand on their feet, Bert M. Jewell, union chiefy declared today. Refusal -of the maintenance of way workers 'j\ A'y i^riiL ij* Union Chief Says Shop Me Are Able to Stand on Their Own Feet m, Strike r-'. to strike has strengthened the. position of the shop men who are out, fcath-* er than weakened it, Jewell said "We would rather settle this iiY fair with the roads ourselvos than. to draw other unions into the coft-f troversy," he said. "We never ttrg-. ed the other union chiefs to call jb' strike. If the maintenance of way men have found the best way out of' a difficult situation we have no comV plaint., The shop men's strike will' not be settled on the terms whih the maintenance of way men accepted!" Jewell was belated over a bunch' of telegrams on his desk telling of men going on an unauthorized strike" in sympathy with the shop meh,' Jewell had one. telegram he sajd. from Roanoke, Virginia, which said' the train service on one line out df/ there was completely jtied1 up through^ lack of engine, repairs. "The men are sticking,'' Jewell, said, "and I am convinced they, are" more determined to see this strjjtej through. I iMivonderwhafc^iha fcaMUl?v ists would say if the- labor' board,, announced dissolution ,of the rail-' road because it refused to obey the board's decisions." Chicago, July 5 (Charles R. Lynch-.rDenial that the Unitedn States Railroad Labor Boards iwas' "implicated in a drive* by financial' interests" to bring about thai strike was made today by Beh i.'Httier, chairman of the board. Hooper in' letter to Bert M,' Jewell,' urtion chief, said that such a claim' Was a] grave injustice. The letter, W mad&i public as Jewell announced failure* of the maintenance of way worksrs. to Btrike would strengthen the shop' men in their walk out, that the'shop men's strike was gaining men daily1 and.that shop crafts did not'ihtertd'' to accept the terms the maintenance of way workers accepted. (By Unitod Prssi) St. Paul, July 5About 200 shoy men returned to work at the Omaha and Grent Northern railroad shops today. Union officials claimed^ this to be an exaggerating number. Railroad officials said that many had returned and that more would return within the next day or two after the Fourth-of July celebration. MRS. QUINN'S MOTHER DIES AT HER HOME IN LEONARD Mrs. Laura Quinn of Nyrtiorerhas! received word that her mother, Mrs. Marion D. Patterson of Leonard,' passed away Monday night at hfcr home at Leonardo FuneraL service** will be held there Friday aftcrtiOon at 4 o'clock and burial will be made in Bemidji Saturday morning in Greenwood cemetery under the dir ection of M. E. Ibertson, funeral director. ji!*.: The deceased, 61 yearsJ 61 agd, leaves two sonsi and three daughters, D. H. Bailoy of Superior,- WJBC., Leon Bailey of Oklahoma, Mrs, S. S., Scott of Dresden, N/ n.,V Mrt/VjM* Hanson of Tacoma, Wash,, and Mrs. Patterson of Nymorej/ in lw4\H. yn-'-'f rifwr y''V-W^wV'V, i!i. i 1*rrV'.' im DEFEATS ROCKY KANSAS promoter threw in the'1 ,!',n (By United Press)"''^^t, Michigan City Ind^'-July &---B*'n- ny Leonard, light-weight chaftipiolt was ready today for his fight witH Lew Tendler the latter part of this month. Rocky Kansas, contender'' for-fhi light-weight crbwn, fell far 'shri yesterday and Benny wori' nical knockout in the eightK^rduhdi Kansas broke his arm in!ths thftdi In the eighth round there was':toifti doubt among'spectators'ss'-to'*$i3tti er the sponge or the cops stopped the' fight. In any event,' ''t^ !KMsW pdHjj{6 ['M prevent further punishment. "^Al* most the same moment'^the-'^eops jumped into the ring with the same jp intent. More than 10,000 attended the battle.,