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VOLUME/ XX. NO. 190
tfc RITISH MINISTER IS,
PARTRIDGE SEASON WILL
CLOSE THURSDAY NIGHT
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SUMMONED CGRZON
Six Members of Greek Staff,
Which Fell With Flight
Of King, Executed
London', Nov. 29Great Britain
today suspended relation with Greece
because of the execution yesterday
of six ministers of the cabinet which
fell when King Oonstantine abdicat
ed, it was officially annpunc^w.
British Minister Lindley was or
dered to -Lausanne to confer with*
Lord Curzon, foreign- secretary," to
form some drastic action toward the
Greek government. He left on his
mission immediately only the first
secretary of the legation remaining
in Athens, according to a Central
news dispatch.
The cabinet ministers Were ex
ecuted following conviction by a
military tribunal as responsible for
the recent Turkish victory over the
Greek armies-
(By United Press)
Athens, *Nov- 29Six members of
the Greek cabinet, that fell when
King Constantine abdicated, were
executed here yesterday, it was offic
ially announced. They were shot by
a firing squad. The ministers were
condemned by a military court which
investigated the recent Greek defeat
in the war with Turkey. They are
accused of being responsible for the
Greek collapse.
Among those condemned to die
wore the former Premier Chourairis,
arch enemy of Venizelos and instru
mental in restoring Constantine to
the throne. Upon the overthrow of
Venizelos, he succeeded to the Pre
miership under Constantine.
?lfS^artrrd*ge^^6li wfiSSfc
opened October 15, closes Thursday
November 30- The open season on
fisher, mink, muskrat and martin be
gins Friday, December 1, and closes
March 31. The game warden, John
Ciine, and his deputies are busy look
ing up trappers who have failed to
procure a license, Mr. Cline* states.
FIREMEN TO HOLD DANCE
AT NEW ARMORY TONIGHT
affair will be largely attended. The
public in general is invited, and the
proceeds will be used toward defray
ing the expenses of the 1923 state
firemen's convention to be held in
Bemidji next June.
NEW COMPANY FORMED
TO HANDLE INSURANCE
Lahr-Huffman, Incorporated,
Take' Over Insurance of
Reynolds & Winter
Reynolds & Winter have sold their
insurance department to a new cor
poration known as Lahr-Huffman,
Incorporated, comprising J- JP. Lahr,
C- A. Huffman and H. L. Huffman.
The new firm will take over this
business December 1st.
suiess i/ecemiuer J.OI
The real estate business of Rey
nolds Winter will be retained by
them and they will continue in their
present quarters where desk room
will be provided. The new corpo
ration will occupy the quarters in the
Dalton block, now being used by
Reynolds & Winter.
C. A. Huffman has been prominent
in business in this city for the past
15 years and will have charge of the
general office work for the new com
pany. He, AS- ds
secretary-treasur-
er of the now firm.
J. Lahx,is president of the new
corporation and I$- L. Huffman is
vice-president^,
Mr. Lahr has been a resident of
Bemidji for the past 20 years and
been active. in public affairs much
of the time, he being president of
the city council at the present time.
H. L. Huffman has been reared
in this city since childhood and is a
product of the Bemidji public
schools and the University of Minn
esota. He has been a practicing at
torney in Bemidji since his gradu
ation from the law school.
The general nature of the busi
ness of Lahr-Huffman, Incorporated,
shall be to maintain an agency for
writing and selling insurance of ev
erv nature, transact general real
estate and brokerage business, make
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^BEMIDJ I
Britain Suspe.:Si IMPORTANC E O
Ties With Greece LAN CLEARIN
IS EMPHASIZE
_ iOBffiRBI
DEPLOREBBY HOWARD
National Farm Bureau Head
Sees Better Prices for
Farmers Who Stick
(Farm Bureau News Service)
L R. Howard, president of the
American Farm Bureau Federation,
in an address delivered at the Uni
versity Farm, St. Paul last week,
said labor had no more right to pro
fiteer than has capital. Mr. Howard
attended the second annual meeting
of the Conference for the Prevention
of grain rust.
Mr. Howard thinks the farmer who
sticks* to his industry soon will be
ewarded by an era of higher prices.
Mr. Howard told of a former sena
tor now practicing law in Chicago,
who, in remodeling his home, had
employed several plasterers. These
workmen were being paid $16 a
day, extra pay for work on Saturday
and Tuesday. "I believe," he said in
telling of the circumstance, "that
these laborers have ti right to a fair
wage, but such obvious profiteering
is intolerable. These high wages in
the last analysis, fall on the farmer,
who cannot pass them to others.
Mr. Howard said he was looking
forward to a shortage of farm labor
with corresponding decreased pro
duction. This step in the cycle will
be followed by. higher prices for
those who sficK^to ihe farm.
The\ Fatm Bufreau presidenltitold
the delegates that grain rust is a
serious menace in the whe^t growing
sections, just as is the cotton boll
weevil in the South and the European
corn borer in the corn producing
states.
ROBBERSENTER
LONSDALEBANK
.Wi
A very enjoyable public dance is
assured by the Bemidji Fire depart
ment this eveningjat the new ar- bonds'and negoti-
mory and it i& expected that t"
Escape With $25,00 in Ca sh
And Securities Robbers
Cause N Alarm
Faribault, Minn. Nov. 29Bank
robbers e^arly today looted the State
Bank of Lonsdale, 15 miles north
west of here, and escaped with' $25,-
000 in cas&v and sjeeurifcieek Tflie
robbery was not discovered'until the
opening hour at 8:00 this morning.
Officials of the bank said the
robbers took about $7*000 in cash
ls roW
ablo paperT,
The yeggs gained entrance by
prying open a rear window* JThey
caried* an acetylene burning outfit
and burned holes in tWo doors of the
safe. There was no noise or dis
turbance of any kind to arouse any
of the 5,000 residents of the sleep
ing village. There Was no night
watchman or night marshal on guard
since only onc other robbery has
oc- uw VVU
and that was a minor one-
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picious characters about the town.
The bandits evidently Used an auto
mobile, however, for a considerable
amount of pennies, nickies and
dimes were discarded near where
the highway crosses, the Milwakee
tracks east of town. A farmer
found the coins there this morning.'
A farmer west of town reported
being disturbed in the flight when
his dogs were aroused. He looked
out but could see no one. The Rice
countys
ASSOCIATION DIRECTORS
VISIT CONCRETE PLANT
The directors of the 3-temldji Civic
and Commerce Association visited
the plant of the Bemidji Concrete
Manufacturing company, Tuesday
afternoon upon invitation 6f- Ray
Olson, secretary and treasurer of
this fast growing establishment.
This new corporation is making
rapid advancement in the produc
tion of concrete tile and brick, as
as well as other concrete material,
and Bemidji business men are inter
ested in its success.
Mr. Olson has expressed a desire
to have all business in Bemidji, as
well as the general public, visit this
plant and watch its operations. Ac
cording to Mr. Olson, there is a great
market for the product they maun
facture and with the proper en
couragement and support it is des
tined to become prominent among
Northern Minnesota's principal in
dustries.
curred in Lonsdale in the last yeatr B. A. C. club tonight, the meeting
having^ been postponed until next
No one saw an automobile or sus- Wednesday evening, it was announc
ed this afternoon.
I Lit V
sheriff and
townsf
all
di- were notified the rob
bery when it was discovered, but
no one had a description of the ban
dit car or even knew the number of
the bandits*
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Land Clearing Association
Continue Program for
Another Season
WILL RUN ASSOCIATION
A S CHEAPLY A S POSSIBLE
Coun ty Agenf Office Urges
Doing a Few Things Well
During Coming Year
Beltrami county has set the pace
for land clearing in the state of Min
nesota for the past two years and in
dications are that it will continuee to
do so for years to come.
F. R. Duxbury, president of this
association, emphasizes the import
ance of the work and stated that al
though their plans for the coming
year did not include the hiring of a
special man, the association would
continue the work in an aggressive
manner.
The county agent's office cannot
be dispensed with in Beltrami coun
ty without a great loss to the coun-
ty," said Mr. Duxbury, in speaking
to the directors of the Civic and
Commerce association Tuesday noon.
"The work done by this office has
been of greatest importance to the
land clearing work and the distribu
tion of dynamite and general publi-
city."
A. A. Warfield, who has been sec
retary-treasurer of the association
since its organization, said, in speak
ing of the nex year's program, "we
shall continue to operate this asso
ciation without incurring expense
and make every effort to secure
cheap dynamite and explosives for
the farmer.
The farmer has been taught how
to use explosives and if he does'nt
know, his neighbor will be glad to
help him. The effort to secure cheap
dynamite will be made with the help
of the banks, which believe we *an
get tile coming year."
D. C. Dvoracek told the directors
that the county agent's office would
Urged the doing fa few things well
thec coming year
and.
advised that
made in this direction, we will have
accomplished more," said Mr- Dvora-
cek, "than if we touched lightly on
many things- The salvation of the
farmer lies in dairying and this is
the thing to encourage most."
FIREMEN HAVE ENJOYABLE
BANQUET TUESDAY NIGGHT
The Bemidji Fire Department held
a very enjoyable venison dinner at
the rooms of the Civic and Com
merce association Tuesday evening.
From all reports the boys did justice
to the spread and as a result re
quired only a light breakfast this
morning.
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w vyuu.. A decision to expand activities of
farmers would be strongly urged to the Minnesota-Co-operative creamer
improve their livestock, brush their ies association was reached at a
land and sow clover. "If progress is meeting of directors, held in St. Paul
A. CLUB NOT TO MEET
UNTIL NEXT WEDNESDAY
ua v There will be no meeting of the
JAMES COUZENS. MAYOR
OF DETOHT. IS NAMED
NEWBERRY'S SUCCESSOR
(Bv United Press)?
t% (By Joel P. Overton)
Lansing, Mich., Nov. 29James
Couzens, millionaire mayor of De
trqiti was named United States sen
atorlfrbm Michigan to fill the seat
vacated by the resignation of Tru
man H. Newberry.
"Mayor Couzens will go to Wash
ington unembarrassed by promises
of political ^patrons or pledges as to
his policy,"" said Governor A, J.
Groesbeck in making public the an
nouncement "He can represent the
state without being backed by ties
of any kind."
The new~ senator will take office
at the beginning of the regular ses
ison of congress in December. Al
though recently reported in ill health
Couzens has regained his strength
and old-time vigor.
MUSICAL ART CLUB TO
HOLD PROGRAM FRIDAY
The Bemidji Musical Art club will
have as its subject for its next meet
ing to be held Friday afternoon
"Music of the Mountain Whites."
This meeting will be held, at the
rooms of the Civic,and Commerce
association at 3 ifclock, an hour
earlier than Usual, sjnee there will be
no school Friday.
After the meeting a silver tea will
be served, the proceeds to go toward
the piano ,fund, which the club is
raising to pay for the piano recently
purchased and now kept in the as
sociation rooms. Mrs. R. H. Schu
maker js chairman of the hostess
committee.
Mrs. Blaine Lambert will give a
talk on "Mountain Whites and their
music." This will be followed by
a group of Mountain Whites melo
dies, sung by Mrs. A. G. Jacobson,
including "John Riley" and "Old
Maid Song."
Miss Ida Virginia Brown will sing
"Give Me Thy Heart" and "My Love
ts Gone to Sea", both written by
Francis Hopkinsdn. At the close of
the meeting community singing will
be enjoyed in preparation for the
Christmas program to be given Dec
ember 5. Mrs. Jacobson will lead
the assembly singing.
CREAMERY ASSOCIATION
TO EXPAND ACT!VTTIES
last week. The business of the asso
ciation has grown so rapidly that the
capacity of several departments, es
pecially that of marketing butter,
must be enlarged, according to A. J-
McGuire, general manager.
The number of member creamer
ies has reached 364, an increase of
10 for the month of November. The
association does not owe a cent, other
than regular monthly bills- The fi
nancial condition is such that it is
possible to expand in almost any di
fection desired by the creameries.
ISSUES PROCLAMATION
DIVIDING COUNTY TODAY
St. Paul, Nov. 29Governor
Preus today issued a proclama
tion dividing: Beltrami county
and pointing to the Lake of the
Wood* county as the northern
most county in the United
States.
Appetites
PIONEE
BOLDANOTHER
HEAVYTOURIST
YEA RN SIGHT
Plans for Next Year's Summer
Tourists to he Made at
Duluth Dec. 15-16
TEN THOUSAND LAKES
ASSOCIATION O MEET
Preparations to be Made to
Take Care of Increased
Number of Visitors
Plans for another record tourist
year in 1923 will be made at the an
nual meeting of the Ten Thousand
Lakes of Minnesota Association in
Duluth, December 15th and 16th.
The call, announcing the dates and
place of the annual meeting was sent
out yesterday.
At the same time, it was disclosed
that preparations must be made to
take care of n increased upmber of
visitors to Minnesota the next sum
mer. During the season just passed,
more than 500,000 visitors from
other states spent their summer va
cations at the Minnesota lakes. This
is* the largest number of any year
since Minnesota first began to adver
tise its lakes.
With the yearly increase expected
Minnesota must prepare to take care
of thousands of additional ouiists
next summer, it was pointed out at
the offices of the Ten Thousand Lak
es Association.
Plans for the year's work of the
association will be mapped out at the
meeting Duluth. Not only will the
association map out an extensive
campaign to attract additional visit
ors to Minnesota, but further means
of improving the service of resorts
and tourist camps will be considered
Efforts are being made to arrange
for the holding of meetings of the
Minnesota Game Protective Associa
tion and the Minnesota State For
estry Association in 'Duluth in con
nection with the meeting of the Ten
Thousand Lakes of Minnesota As
sociation. Problems of mutual inter
est to the different associations are
scheduled for consideration.
Among these questions are game
conservation and prevention of for
est fires- Representatives of the
three associations hope to work out
a co-operative program through
which Minnesota's visitors as well as
the citizens of the state will be in
duced to save game and fish and min
imize the danger of forest fires.
Means of inducing larger numbers
to utilize the great outdoors recrea
tional facilities of the state will be
considered. The committee in charge
of plans and meetings now is endeav
oring to obtain a speaker of national
prominence to lead in this discus
sion. Efforts are also being made to
obtain a speaker of prominence in
the field of forestry or fish and
game conservation.
Announcements of the meeting
have been sent out to all summer re
sorts and commercial organizations
in the state. All persons interested
in the recreational development of
the state are urged to attend.
Directors for the coming year will
be elected at the meeting. Sessions
are to be held at the Spaulding hotel.
BEMIDJI CITIZENS TO
OBSERVE THANKSGIVING
Stores to Closed AH Day,
Open This Evening Church
Services Thursday
Bemidji is to observe Thanksgiv
ing day Thursday in the usual man
nei. The majority of the local
churches have announced special
services for Thursday, while Union
services will be held at the Episcopal
church with Rev. L. P. Warford of
the Presbyterian church as preacher.
This service will be held at 10:30.
Practically all of the Bemidji
stores will be open this evening to
care for the usual Thursday trade,
and, so far as is known, all will be
closed Thursday to observe the day
in a fitting manner. The closing
schedule of the Civic and Commerce
association calls for the stores to
be closed all aay Thanksgiving day.
Every citzen of the cit yis urged
to observe the day in some manner,
by attending church services or
some similar observance.
The high school and the public
schools closed this afternoon for the
remainder of the. week.
The State Teachers college closed
its fall term this noon with a short
graduation exercise this forenoon.
The college will open its regular
winter term next Tuesday forenoon.
There will be no issue of the
Pioneer Thursday, that the employ
ees of the company may observe the
day as they see fit.
HOUSE PASSES
SHIP SUBSIDY
House Passes Administration
Measure This Afternoon
Goes to Senate
(By special wire from the
United Press Bureau, St, Paul.)
Washington, Noy. 29The
House passed the Ship Subsidy
bill late this afternoon.
Washington, Nov. 29The Ship
Subsidy bill, with its fate constitut
ing the first out and out test of Pres
ident Harding's leadership over the
republican majority in congress, will
come to a final vote in the house late
today with the outcome very much
in doubt.
Administration leaders throwing
every ounce of power behind the
Prebident, profess confidence the
Subsidy will pass by not les" than
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS
TO INITIATE BIG CLASS
A class of 45 candidates is to be
initiated into the Knights of Colum
bus Thanl4sgiving day. The class
and the order wiJJ go to mass in St.
Philip's church at 8 o'clock in the
morning and the first degree work
will be put on at the K. C. hall.
Dinner will be served and the second
and thiid degrees will be put on in
the afternoon at the old armory.
The class includes candidate from
Blackduck, International Falls, Cas^
Lake, Park Rapids, Puposky and sev
eral other towns and cities in this
section of the state. After the de
gree work, a banquet will be served
in the baser/-nt of the church by
Divisions No. 1 and 4 of the Cath
olic Ladies
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20 votes. Opponents claim they have will be made up and dispatched as
the bill beaten by at least 10 votes, usual.
These estimates, based on the polls
made by* the contending factions,
indicate how close the vote will be
The thing that was worrying both
sides was the fact that 50 or 60
members are not on hand to vote,
although telegrams have been sent
out calling in all absentees there un
doubtedly will be a considerable
rumber who will not resoond If
the bill passes the house, President
Harding will have succeeded ship
sunbsidy legislation further than
any president.
A number of executives have tried
to secure enactment of shipping aid
without even getting it through one
branch of congress.
Former President Taft twice ap
pealed personally for ship subsidy
and failed to secure favorable action
in either house or the senate.
But regardless of whether it car
ries the house, senatorial leaders
have frankly informed Harding the
Subsidy appears to have little or no
chance of passing in the upper cham
ber.
A smoker will be held in the even
ing at the K. C. hall and it is ex- tigaticrral body before definite steps
pected that every portion of the avs are takpn to organize a state ruraL
drgree work end entertainment v.ill Tedl* system a result of the pas-
be lavgelv
attended, members to be ssc of Amendment No. 1. It also
present from all neighboring com- esk3 for expressions relative to re-
munities. I (Continued on Page 2)
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Minnesota:
Gasoline Savings
Would Pave Roads
Instead of Extra Gas
PRACTICAL TESTS SHOW
STUDEBAKER AUTO LIVERY
OPENED HERE RECENTLY
The Studebaker Auto Livery, op
erated by W. R. Spears and R. M.
Thome, who use heated and en
closed cars, has been opened in the
building opposite the Markham hotel
207 Beltrami avenue. This concern
i3 equipped for day and night ser
vice on both local and country trips.
THANKSGIVING SCHEDULE
ANNOUNCED BY POSTMASTER
Post office hours at the Bemidji
office for Thursday, Thanksgiving
Day, are announced as follows:
General delivery window open from
10 to 11 a m. No delivery by the
city or rural carriers 'K other mail
LEGISLATIVE BLANK TO
FARM BUREAU MEMBERS
Farmers Vote on Agricultural
Issues Before Legislature
And Congress as Well
(Farm Bureau News Service)
A state-wide referendum is being
taken by the Minnesota Farm Bureau
Federation to determine the posi
tion of its members on important
issues affecting agriculture that are
to come before the legislature and
Congress
F. L. French, secretary, has sent
to all eounty directors and other lo
cal leaders, a supply of blanks, p-er
pared in the fcrm of a questionaire,
which, when filled out, will give the
Federation, especially its legislative
committee, accurate information as
to the desires of its membeiship.
It will take approximately three
weeks to complete the referendum.
Allow.ng a week to compile returns,
a complete recapitulation will be
leady by the time the legislature
opens.
The questionaire will be submitted
at eveiy local fanners' meeting to
be held this month Each question
will be submitted for discussion,
after which a vote will be taken and
recorded
The questionaire, which follows
closely that submitted to legislative
candidates a month ago, is divided
into two i a1
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day. night or Thu
night in the eas"
tions Thursday.
SAVINGS POSSIBILITIES
Savings on Single Item Held
Ample to Cover Paving
Costs for 10 Years
Possible savings on gasoline alone,
in the next ten years at present pric
es, would pay the whole cost of pav
ing the entire 7,000-mile Minnesota
system of trunk highways, according
to practical, tests made by the Iowa
State college. Expert engineers re
port that equal savings can be made
on tires with paved, against unpaved
roads, and this added, the possible
savings would equal the paving tests
in five years. Even greater savings
possible on the life of every car and
the comfort and convenience afford
ed by the hard-surfaced highways
would represent net gains, they as
sert.
Charles M. Babcock, state highway
commissioner, made it clear that
there is no immediate plan to pave
7,000 miles or even 700 miles on the
trunk system, and that the figures
are applied to the Minnesota high
way program to emphasize that the
proposed bond issue to speed up
betterments are "just good busi-
ness."
Figure Big Savings
Iowa test averages showed that a
gallon of gasoline is the motor fuel
necessaiy to transport one ton 14
miles on an earth road, 21 miles on
a gravel road and 31 mileson a con
crete pavement With gasoline at 24
cents a gallon, the mile fuel cost are
1 71 cents on earth, 1.15 cents on
gravel and .77 cents on paved roads.
Further, the tests show possible sav
ings of 56 cents a ton on gravel over
earth roads, 94 cents on pavement
over earth roads and 38 cents on
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Highway Figures Show Gains
Possible by Buying Roads'
ts. Ono deals with ques
tions before the state legislature
and the other with issues that will bte
decided by Congress- Results of
the congressional referendum will be
sent to the Washington office of tile
American Farm Bureau Federation.
On staJe
legislative issues the fed*
eiatiou want- to know whether mem
bers favoi the creation of an inves-
s jG&Li A&
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