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VOLUME XX. NO. 134
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Parachute Fails to Open
Last Number of Progranr
Monkey Is Killed
FLIER ROBERTS MAKES
HIT WITH HIS STUNTS
Motorcycle and' Bicycle Races
Also on Program Under
Legion Auspices
Despite the fact that several hun
dred persons watched the perform
ance from the Irvine avenue road on
ihe west side of the fair grounds,
where they were not required to
assist in defraying the expenses of
the program, Bemidji and surorunding
territory was represented well on toe
fair grounds Sunday^ afternoon when
the Western Flying club of Houston,
Texas, performed under the auspices
of the Kalph Grade pos^ of the Amer
ican Legion- Fully 1,500 adults and
children witnessed the program from
the grandstand, bleachers, and from
cars parked along the raee track in
side tne grounds. Those who parked
their cars along the west fence, on
the outside of the grounds, would have
brought the total up to at least 2,000
and posibly more, had these "persons
joined those who saw the exhibition
by paying the small admission price
of 50 cents. It is reported that the
number who witnessed the show with
out helping to pay the expense of it
included a large number of fiemidji's
prominent citizens.
"Doc Moco", the older of the two
Phesus monkeys which the boys carry
with them, was .the only victim of
the afternoon. The HKfcey made
the parachute drop as the last number
on the two-hour program. The par
chute fatted- to open and the monkey
dropped hke a shot into the) field
just north*of the faj* grounds. The
highly prised animal died within a
lew minutes, although efforts were
made to keep It alive.
Auto pulo was one of the main
features of the program and a very
good exhibition was given with two
cars. Wild ^rihbs of the Flying
Club drove one Of the cars, while
the other was driven by Tex Dodge
of Houston, Texas. Ralph Moberg of
this .city assisted Kribbs, he perform
ing with the mallet.
Aviator Roberts thrilled the crowds
with his stunt flying and a very
good exhibition was given. Three
parachutes were dropped, the first
supporting a heavy iron weight, the
second a dummy, and the third toe
pri2ed monkey. The first two para
chutes opened promptly, but the third
caused the death of the monkey. A
number of those who watched Avia
tor Roberts are of the oinion that he
performed the best airplane stunts
ever seen here-
When the monkey dropped to the
ground, the majority of the crowd
rushed over to the school farm field.
The incident only goes to show just
how so many human parachute per
formers come to their death. Had
the parachute drop been made by a
person, it would have been made from
a higher point in the air and it is
likely that it would have meant
death just the same, although there
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HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
OFFERED LEGION MEDALS
To encourgae and stimulate as well
as reward higher scholastic work
the Bemidji high stfhool, the Ralph
Gracie post of the American Legion
has put up two medals for the pre
sent school year. One medal will be
awarded to toe male student who is
active in athletics and at the same
traitf gtfftls the highest average for
thenar"Mn scholasticr work.*, The
othJMe,
iUMBER MARKET IHHIRT
REVEALS CAR SHORTAGE
Improved Traffic Conditions
Have'Little Effect as Yet
on Lumber Movement
In its weekly market review the
American Lumberman says: Notwith
standing improved traffic conditions
resulting from a partial settlement
of the railroad strike, no change for
the better is noted in so far as car
supply for lumber movement is con
cerned.
Mills in the south especially are
badly handicapped, many of them re
porting that they are
not
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up a demand that will have to be
filled later when mills are able to
make shipments promptly.
DULUTH CATHREDAL AND
GRAND FQRKS TEAMS WIN
Two of Bemidji's opponents on the
football field thiB fall began their
season in fine style- The Duluth
Cathredals, to play Bemidji at Du
luth Oct. 7 defeated the Superior Cen
trals at Superior Saturday by a
score of 16 to 0. Grand Forks high
school, to play here Oct. 28, defeated
Crookston high school by a score of
21 to 6 at Grand Forks*
BEGINNERS BAND WILL
BE FORMED WEDNESDAY
One Hundred Boys Wanted to
Join New Band Planned by I
ed if such a1
'simila design rwil
be^sfaatidd'to'the young1
lady making
tfiS'tttgifcst scholastic average for the
yftafo ,_
Airthfe tadse St the school year, a^tfon with toe desire
board ''cwnWfifcing- of toe high schoit
principal the athletic director and a
member of the local post of the
American Legion will meet, go over
the records of the contenders and
make known the winners. It is ex
pected that the medals will then be
awarded at some appropriate meet
ing.
Every boy* and girl in the high,
school, excluding* the seventth and
eighth grades, commonly known as
the junior department, is eligible to
compete for these medals, although
it is necesaTy that they attend the
Bemidji school the entire year of
school. Vv
Awaiting Reef\trf Mustapha Kemal
w&-mfim "Had
receiving
more than 15 percent of their re
quirements in cars, while^those most
favorably situated are receiving not
more than 40 to 5$ percent. As a'
result of this condition arid of embar
goes many operations have closed
down or have reduced their output
and many of the manufacturers are
declining to book orders except for
material that can be billed to points
where there are no embargoes. Be
cause of this buyers are finding ex
treme difficulty in placing their re
quirements for material on which im
mediate shipment is necessaryv
The situation is somewhat better
on the west coast where 40 to 45
percent of the output of the mills re
porting to the west coat association
is being shipped by water, a Irge por
tion of it going through the Panama
Canal to north Atlantic coast points.
There is a heavy movement also to
Japan, China, Autralia and South
America. While there ha been some
slackening up of building in the
larger cities, dealers in the smaller
towns all report a very active move
ment and building is going forward
at a very satisfactory rate.
Demand for lumber from the agri
cultural sections is increasing mat
erially while industrial and railroad
demand also is showing gratifying ac
tivity. Many dealers throughout the
country who failed to stock their fall
requirements earlier in the season
now find their yards almost bare of
stock, and will experience extreme
difficulty in securing deliveries of ma
tenal with which. to.fiU up R'^^jjgeonife public, than was the fnlL
assortments. Thi nescessitates
force of the Farm Bureau's national
tradings among the yards and^is piling
W. GEHRON HERE ON
MANSLAUGHTER CHARCE
I. W. Gehron of Washkish town
ship was brought to Bemidji Sunday
and was to be arrainged on a charge
of manslaughter in the first degree
in connection with the death of P.
J. Kjilson, also of Washkish, who is
alleged to have been shot by Mr.
Mr. Gehron September 13, supposedly
in mistake for a wolf.
Hearing a noise in the brush near
the Gehron farmhouse early in the
morning of Sept. 13, the Gehron boy
is said to have called his father.
Mr.Gehron admitted at the coroner's
inquest that he had gone out of the
house with his gun, after the boy
called hint, and that he had shot
into the brush where the object was
moving about. After shooting, he
heard a man's cry for help and upon
going to the spot where he had fire
he found Mr. Kjilson. He was given
first aid and then taken to Kelliher,
but died soon after reaching medical
attention.
The last of the jury cases were
completed Saturday night in district
court here and final disposition is
being made of the court calendar
today."
FARM BUREAU SCORES
TARIFF BILL VICTORY
The weight of the Farm Bureu's
legislative office at Washington was
again demonstrated when the tariff
bill was finally passed with potash on
the free list. As reported by toe
House and Senate conferees, the bill
carried a tariff of $30 a ton on im
ported potash, an important fertilizer.
This provision would have cost far
mers using that product, millions of
dollars annually.
Hardly had toe conference report
orKanization
ye
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Bandmaster Riffs
All boys between 10 and 12 yers
of age, who desire to enter actively
into-band work and,who are not al
ready members of the Bemidji Boys
band are requested to meet at the
City hall Wednesday evening at 7:30
when a Beginners! band Will be or
ganized by BnadmSster G. O. Biggs
if sufficient interest is shown and at
least 50 boys show their intention of
wanting to enter into thl work in
earnest. Bandmaster Biggs desires
100 boys for this organization and
states that at
leastis50owill
be
requir. band be formed
Before toe band is permanently or
ganized a meeting of the parents of
these boys will be held in order to
carry to them the necessity of the
boys taking up the Work in earnest.
Cooperation of toe parents is needed
for this so that the boys may have
ample home practice" as well as the
regular rehearsals',
The formation of this band win
afford the youngsters Of the city whs
are musically inclined an. excellent
opportunity to take up band wor&
under able leadership. However, only
those boys who go into the organi:,
to imjftove
their musical talents wlil be accepted
it is understood.
Two years ago a similar band was
organized by Mr. Riggs and those
boys who worked earnestly and im
proved themselves sufficiently were
promoted into the .Regular boys
band. The same ultimate plan is
now being followed and those boys
who join the new band and make the
necessary progress will ultimately be
promoted into the regular band. In
this way, Bemidji is practically as
sured of having an even larger boys
band than that which made such a
decided hot at the state fair this fall.
put in motion to pre-*
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injusti
urkish^eader's
Proposal Mai
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Tele
rams to statbev organizationcse affiliate
with the American Farm Bureau fed
eration resulted in such a storm of
protest' from all parts of the country
that Congres quickly placed potash
on the- free list.
The tariff, as finally enacted, is a
compromise measure/ and no one in
dustry got exactly what it wanted.^
Agriculture was well represented by
toe Farm Bureau leaders and makers
of the law probably had a better un
derstanding of the needs of the far
mers than did any previous tariff
body- The potash incident is but a
highlight in the weeks of effort that
Farm Bureau men at Washington
devoted to the bill.
THOMPSON SENTENCED TO
STILLWATER STATE PRISON
On Saturday Oscar B- Thompson,
found guilty of grand larcency in the
second degree, for stealing sugar
from the Troppman warehouse in Be
midji, was sentenced to imprisonment
at Stillwater, for an indeterminate
period. The maximum punishment is
imprisonment for five years,
MONDAY EVENING, SEPT. 25, 1922
Answer Expected by End of
This Week Belive Kemal
Will Accept Plan
ALLIED PROPOSAL NOT
WELCOMED BY GREEKS
Greek National Assembly has
Been Called to Consider
Allied Intervention
(By United Press)
Paris, Sept 25The reply of Mus
tapha'Kemal to the allied Near East
proposal, which means peace or war,
was awaited today. There was a dis
tinct feeling of^ptimisim that Kemal,
leader the Turkish nationalists,
may answer the allied plan which al
lows the Turks ocome back into
Europe, giving them their capitol,
Constantinople, and returning east
ern Thrace.
There was hope that an answer to
the allied proposal, which was to in
vite Kemal to attend the Near East
peace conference, presumably to be
held in October, would be received
by the end fthe week. Franklyn
Boullon, France's Near East expert,
has left Paris to confer with Kemal.
It was
reportede.that
Kemal's object-
ions to toe peac parle was that Bul
garia and Eusia were not included in
the call. Boullon is said to have the
confidence of the Turkish leader and
may be able to pursuade Kemal to
answer terms, which, it is pointed
out, include almost the entire list
of demands on the allies by Kemal.
Word which seeped thru here fTom
Near Bast, Bald that Kemal was hav
ing a hard time to hold his forces
in check. Some credencee was
placed in this by diplomats here.
"I think the peace conference will
be held- within ^raonth," said the
Serbian minister, "but can toe Kem
alist troops be detained that long?"
The minister denied that Jugo
slavia was mobilizing. "Serbia," he
said, "is satisfied with the allied terms
but wishes some guarantee. "Since
I am officially informed the Turks are
sending armies into Bulgaria."
As viewed by a stateman here, the
only two hitches to arbitration plans
for restoration of peace in the Near
East are:
First. Unauthorized action by Kem
al against the British in the Chanak
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TRADE COMMITTEE WILL
HOLD MEETING TONIGHT
Following dinner at 6:30, the
Merchant* Trade committee of
Hhe Civic and Commerce associa*
tion wilt hold its regular business
meeting in the association rootos
this evening. A musical program
has been arranged and ft is de
sired that all merchants be pres
ent. These meetings are con
sidered very helpful, and the
larger the attendance the better
the results to be obtained.
public interest and should be heard
immediately.
PIONEER
ByAlHtes
HARDING AND CABINET
CONSIDER RUM TRAFFIC
(By United Press)
Washington, Sept- 25President
Harding and his cabinet this week
will consider the tangled question of
international rum running which
threatens* to become an issue between
the United States and Great Britain.
In addition to diplomatic negotiations
with the British government in an'
effort to bring about an understand
ing concerning the government's
right to bar ships flying the British
flag, the cabinet may decide to ask
congress for legislation at tne spec
ial session in November more clearly
defining toe powers of various de
partments with regard to illegal ship
ments.
There are not only differences be
tween this government and Britain,
but within this government there is
a serious clashing of authorities ex
iting apparantly which officials admit
is hampering the war on Hquor
smuggling through the Atlantic ports
and the Canadian border.
W1LKERS0N WILL ISSUE
TEMPORARY INJUNCTION
Chicago, Sept 15Judge Wilker
son today declared that he would
issue the temporary injunction against
the railroad shopmen just as soon as
federal attorneys desired- He stat
ed he would sign the injunction this
afternoon. The judge urged attor
neys for both sides to get together
and attempt to agree on a message
of holding on a permanent-injunction
immediately.
This can be done only by request
of the attorney general- He must
SY. PAUL POLICE TAKE
JAIL DELIVERY GANG
St. Paul, Sept. 25In a raid al
most as daring as the one on the
county jail Saturday night, police
ast night re-captured John Ryan, ban
dit, and six men, believed to be mem
bers of the gang which affected a
jail delivery.
Detectives armed with sawed'off
shotguns broke into a rooming house
and surprised seven men who were
taken without a struggle. Ryan
was taken from the county jail Sat
urday night by a gang of 12 men
in a sensational hold-up-
SOVIET RUSSIA-JAPAN
CONFERENCE BREAKS UP
Tokio, Sept. 25The conference
between Soviet Russia and Japan
broke up today, according to an an
nouncement here. The conference
which first gave promise of having
a far-reaching effect and a step to
ward recognition of Russia by Japan
and probably China, never reached
the serious stage of business.
ft
to Allied Pr
v'WEEl8flNG OBSERVED!
Diversification*'of Crops i|
Especially ^Encouraged in
Minnesota This week
(By United Press)
St. Paul, Sept 25Minnesota's
first "Diversified Farming Week"
hegan today.
During the week, recently set aside
in a proclamation issued by Governor
PreuSi new, impetus will be given
plans to increase more diversified pro
duction and thus minimize losses in
years of poor crops or low prices
The proclamation says that due to
large yields and the consequent fall
ing of prices "many farmers find
that toe production of grain and hay
is profitable only if they are fed to
livestock this year.
"In periods of low prices, just as
in seasons of poor yields farmers
who practice diversified farming to
the highest degree suffer least. Pro
duction of milk, cream, butter, beef,
pork, mutton, wool, eggs and poultry
has, relieved farmers in many sections
of our state from uncertainties of
one-crop farming.
Each comunity is urged to make
a survey of its resources and the
present farming methods and make
plans to increase the farmers income
by encouraging a diversity of pro
duction and by converting a greater
portion of farm crops into meat and
dairy products. Since all of our
people are dependent upon the pros
perity of the farmer, civic organi
zations and comercial clubs should co
operate with the farm bureau in ar
rangingme etings to promote better
farming-" ART CLUB DIRECTORS TO
HOLD MEETING WEDNESDAY
i .j -i. ii. A. reports to make are asked to present
make a* affidavit that it is of great
Directors of the Bemidji Musical
Art club will meet Wednesday after
noon, Sept. 27, at 4 o'clock at the
home of Mrs. G. O. Riggs- Work
for the coming year will be outlined
and chairmen of committees having
tW a
Th
yea
progra
th
give
October 6.-
Complete announcement of this pro
gram will be made later.
ENGLISH MEN AND WOMEN
ENCOURAGE BETTER FEELING
(By United Press)
Sioux Falls, Sept, 25A commit
tee of English men and women, tour
ing American cities to foster better
feeling between America and England
are in SiouxFalls today.
A general open meeting at the City
Coliseum in the afternoon is the prin
cipal feature of the entertainment.
The committee dedicated monu
ments to British statemen friendly
to the U. S in Pittsburgh and Wash
ington, D. C.
CARPENTIER IS BADLY
BEATEN BY SKI SUNDAY
Former Ring Idol of France
Knocked Out in Sixth
Round Delirious
United Press)
Paris, Sept. 25Beaten almost
beyond recognition Georges Carpcn
tier, former ring idol of France, toss
ed all night in his bed in delirious
frenzy yelling for revenge and an
other chanche of battling Siki, the
giant hevy-weight, who knocked him
out in the sixth round of a fight
scheduled for 20 rounds.
The administrations of his doctor
his broken-hearted wife and his
faithful manager availed nothing
He pleaded arrangements be made
immediately for another meeting with
the black man.
Outsiders were not permitted near
the fighter. His physician said both
his eyes were completely closed, his
lips swollen immensely, his noe
broken, a long gash cut in his chin
his right hand fractured in two
places and his left hand in one place
-The effort to talk was obviously*
pHiftfijl,' but he persistently refused
to remain quiet. "I made the mis-5
take of trying to study Siki in the*
early rounds- He got ovet a lucky
punch that took my strength away.
I hit with everything I had. He has
wonderful powers of recuperation.
His wrist is not like mine," Carpen
tier said.
"He has only himself to blame
He started playing with Siki at the
beginning of the fight. It is bad to
tease a panther", his manager said.
"Siki directed his eye and ambition
to the United States today. The
giant black wanjtsi to meet "Jack
Dempsey rnd any of them over t'lere
who want to fight me."
N ATONALSHOW
Motor and Rail Caravans are
Being Planned for Annual
Dairy Exposition
NEARLY ALL COUNTIES
WILL BE REPRESENTED
Some Delegations Will Cany
Bands Rivalry is palled
Exceptionally Keen
Scores of northwest communities
will literally "close Bhop" on var
ious days during the National Dairy
Exposition, Minnesota State Fair
grounds, October 7 to 14t and will
travel by motor and rail caravan to
the Twin Cities-
Although the bulk of the organi
zed tarveling comumties will be those
of the Northwest, it is certain that
remote sections of the entire country
will be represented, while men will
come from overseas.
So intense is the caravan move
ment in the Northwest that in many
towns and villages, only postofflces
drug store, oil filling stations, a doc
tor and a restaurant will maintain
"business as usual" signs
While some of the larger villages
and towns are going to the dairy ex
position under their urban designa
tion, practically every county within
a radius of 200 miles of the Twin
Cities will be repersented under its
own title, one Minnesota county plan
ning for its slogan "The Golden
Buckle of the Dairy Belt."
Trains and automobile entourages
will be bedecked with banners and
streamers heralding the, points of or
igin and many of toe outstanding ac
complishments of tne towns and coun
ties, especially as the pertain to dtjfy
ing. Individual members of mad* of
the parties will wear button^ indicat
ing the residence of the Individual
and in some instances the name of
the creamery or breed asociationa to
which they belong-
Many of the delegations will cajrry
bands and other entertainment fea
tures. Rivalry is keen Between
neighboring towns and counties for
the largest and most conspicuous all
egation. Arrangements are being
made in the Twin Cities for recept
ion of various delegations and this
feature of the National Dairy Ex
position will be one of the inspiring
features of that great clasic.
FARGO AGGIE COLLEGE
INCREASES ITS FACULTY
(By United Prsas)
Fargo, Sept 25Ten new members
were added to the faculty at the
Agricultural college which opened to
day. These present additional edu
cation! opportunities.
A record enrollment is expected
this year due to better crop making
the farmers more able to send their
children to college.
A large part of the patronage
which formerly went to Fargo college,
a congregational institution closed
this year for lack of funds, will now
no to the Agricultural college-
TWO NEW PROJECTS ON
STATE ROADS PROGRAM
St. Paul, Sept 26Important .im-
provement projects under the Bab
cock highway program, announced
by the state highway department, will
complete the grading and graveling on
the 150 mile section of Minnesota
trunk highway No. 6, also known aB
the King of. Trails* from Iowa to
Wheaton-
Twenty-five miles of gradittgr and,
graVeling-^9 miles through Lake Ben*
ton and 16 miles through Iv&nhoe,
estimated at $180,000 including 140,
b00 of bridges and culverts^-^naking
up the new projects. The smaller
ffad
rading job is to be finished Dee. 1,
both projects to be surfaced and
completed about Sept. 1.
Under special agreements to speed
operations, eleven big grader outfits
are starting operations on the pro
jects. The contractors are Voidest
Brothers, and Ryan, Spencer, GhsnjL
bers & Enkc, Marshall- The low
bids were 25 cents a yard for exei
vating on the smaller jobs and 21
cents on the other. iK4 *ft
The improvements are beta*, finan
ced with funds from a sale of Lincoln
county reimbursement bonds, hotK
the interest and the principal of whltih
will be paid from the state trunk
highway funds. ,,_.
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