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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-05-07
Cotton Found Growing
Wild in Australia

Melbourne. 49, David Lindsay,
explorer, reports that he has dis
covered cotton growing Wild On
large tracts Of new agricultural
and pastoral land In the north
ern territory, previously marked
on the maps as desert land. Wa
ter, he says, Is freely ebtainable
at comparatively shallow depths.
Mr.. Lindsay is convinced that
cotton can be grown successful
IL In the ewly-discovered tractA
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-05-07

recent order Of the director of the
air service, permitting reserve pilots
to fly army machines.
One object is to determine to what
extent the reserve aviator loses his
ability to fly and maneuver a plane
through loss Of constant practice.
The majority Of the pilots entered
have not flown for six months or a
year and army officers hope the tests
will permit them to determine wheth-
er the men are still qualified to pilot
machines in an emergency.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-05-07

during a food. and either crumble or
are made unsafe. A simple remedy
for this Is to provide a shallow wan
running across the upstream side OF
the opening, and part Of the bridge.
This should extend to the bottom OF
the side walls and should not be over
five or six inches above the low Va"
ter level. This checks any tendency
toward undermining and prevents
debris from wedging In the bridge.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-05-07
hoxv cvivert 10 Constructed.

butlt first and the ditch dug afterward.
n an old ditch is to be bridged. the
Al, NAV be made for the time being
and later removed. The concrete -
mixed in the right proportions and
laid on the rounding surface to the
proper thickness, and with suitable re-
enforcing. Trenches should be aug
at either side to make a good footing
to hold the culvert rigid and to take
the weight of loads passing over 1t.
Many concrete bridges fail to stand
the test Of high waters. If the foot
ing IS too shallow, they undermine
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-05-07
0,DQWD LOSES TITLE

Boston, May 7.-Johnny Wilson
of Boston won the middleweight box
ing championship of the world when
he was awarded a referees decision
over Mike O'Dowd of St. Paul last
night. The fight went IL rounds.
When the gong sounded for the
end of the twelfth round and Referee
MacInnis pointed to Wilson's corner
in token OF the local boys victory,
ODowd protested, claiming he was
entitled to a draw at least.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-05-07
HIDES
SPORT NEWS
THURSDAYS RESULTS.
American Association.

American A0Socl9t1on.
St. Paul 6, at Minneapolis 3.
Columbus 2, at Toledo 81
Indianapolis 3, at Louisville 4.
No other games scheduled.
American League.
Cleveland 3, at Chicago: .
St. Louis 4, at Detroit s.
New York /, at Washington 4.
Philadelphia 1, at Boston 3.
National League.
Boston 8, at Philadelphia 6.
Brooklyn /, at New York 2.
Chicago /, at Pittsburgh 2.
Cincinnati 0, at st. Louis 6.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-05-07
ASKS FOR TRANSPORT

New York, May 7.-Members Of
the American Olympic Committee
will appeal before the house commit
tee on military affairs in Washing
ton next week to plead for the use
of government transport for the
United States team which will COM
pete in the Olympic games at Ant
werp next August.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-05-07
NAVAL AQUAUG

Annapolis, Nd, May I'm fit con-
dition for a desperate struggle, the
oarsmen of Columbia University, &C
companied by their veteran coach,
Jimmy" Rice, arrived here yester-
day and engaged in practice spins for
the regatta on the Severn river Sat-
urday afternoon with the naval aca-
DENY crews. There will be races
between varsity, second varsity and
Freshmen Fights.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-05-07
wall 70 Eorast 9errovvs.

"OU 70 CVVDys
Some people hoard up their sorrows
as q miser hoards gold, and whenever
they have a little leisure, they take
them out and count them over as the
miser counts up his treasure. Tho
fuller your Golfers are Of remembered
sorrows the poorer you are. Throw
them away. Refuse to recall them
when you can help it.-Exchanga
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-05-07
Ocean I. Norways Hlai,way.

OCEAN
Norway's small number Of automo-
biles would be larger If its 2.5OO,OOO
people were not stretched out along
some 2 1000 miles Of seacoast. The ocean
IL the ordinary highway between dit.
ferent parts Of the country.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-05-07
BRENNAN WAS BEST

Rochester, N. Y, May 7.-Bill
Brennan of Chicago outfought Ole
Anderson of Tacoma, WASH, here
dast night in a ten round bout. Bren-
nan hit Anderson almost at will after
the fourth round but could not land
a knockout blow.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-05-07
URGING F1tING FOR
NATURALIZATION HEARING

Clerk of District Court F. W..
Rhoda urges that all who have any
intention of becoming American citi-
zens in the near future file their pc
titions for hearing before June IA
which is the last day set under which
they can be heard on September IA
at the fall term of the district court.
Several applications have already
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-05-07
chased a home at Twenty-fourth
street and Irvine.

G. S. knight returned yesterday
from Superior, where he attended the
funeral of his brother-in-law, w. c.
Doxsie ,on Monday.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-05-07
LICENSED TO MARRY

Licenses to marry were granted to-
day by Clerk of Court F.. w. Rhoda
to Lyder Peterson and Martha Stene,
both of Blackjack, and to Mons ].
Jelle and Ingaborg Bertha Anvinson,
both of Jelle.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-05-07
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL
Mayne Stanton spent the day in
Brainerd on business.

Mayne Stanton spent. the day in
Brainerd on business.
q Harry Elmquist motored to Rosby
this morning, on a short business
trip.
Mrs. Oscar Olson of Bemidji ar
rived here monday for a weeks Wis
it with old friends.-Oklee Herald.
William Elmquist returned yester-
day from Milwaukee and the twin
cities, where he has been for some
time.
II. c. Allen and wife arrived the
forepart Of the week from Daven-
port, Iowa, to make a short visit at
the home of Mrs. Aliens parents, Mr..
and Mrs. David Booth, 1907 Irvine
avenue. Mr.. and Mrs. Allen are SO
pleased with Bemidji they have pur-
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-05-07
MARKETSLOCAL AND FOREIGN

Chicago May 7-Potao receipts today sc cars Market
firm Northern and Canadian Round Whites sacked and in
hnlk s725 to $780, Red River Ohio 49, Is per
cwt New market West Florida Spading Rose, Barrels
No. /, SIG; No. 2, $13: H.. ~'~~.%..'
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-05-07

Bemidji Potato Market-An varieties, bulk, small lot
to per buse Carload ots sacked and loaded $55
to Sc per cwt. =; =
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been received and number of ap-
plicants whose applications were car.
ried over from the last hearing will
be heard at this time. X INK
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-05-07
HEIGHT GOVERNS !
SPEED IN Air
Geography Of the Atmosphere
Outlined by a Practical
Aeronaut.
CONSISTS OF TWO LAYERS
oreatsst Discovery Vet Made In TX
plorino the AIr-Attain Speed q
200 Miles IN Hour At Higher
: l0veis.

Washington.-1n his spectacular
flight establishing q new aviation alti-
tude record Maj. Rudolph W. schroe.
der found trade winds Of 200 miles
IN hour velocity far above the clouds.
press dispatches state. The Dayton
co., test pilot merely reported one OF
the new phenomena resulting from
q study Of the geography Of the air,
stimulated by aerial travel, according
to a bulletin Of the National Geo.
graphic society.
"While the chemistry and physics
Of the atmosphere are understood, the
geography of the air Is still practical
" unknown" says Alexander McAdt,
in q communication to the society.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-05-07


1T is actually possible today for an
airplane to rise from the ground to
the bottom Of the shakespeare, say
about six miles, In one hour. If We
want to explore somewhat higher, say
twenty miles, we install light instru'
ments on sounding balloon.
1.-THE intrepid aviator who tries to
force his way at high speed against
an adverse wind meets only with in
creasing resistance. But when the
wind favors, then the winged airman
spurns the slow fellow creeping on
wheels below. With accelerated speed
he passes over moor, mountain or sea
and, if need be, vaults over the clouds.
IF the captain of the winged ship
is not content with his speed he has
only to climb to upper levels, where
the flow of the air increases to thirty
and even forty meters per second, and
In this stream he would move along
with q speed relative to the earth Of
200 miles an hour.
''These are not extreme values. In
a stiff Northwestern which the writer
experienced some years back the wind
blew seventy-two consecutive hours
$4,000 meters, which is nearly thirty
meters per second. This Is equivalent
to going 400 miles in three days, or
twice the distance from Labrador to-
Ireland. The highest speed Of tho wind
for any single hour wac 1G4,O0O
meters, 1O2 miles. For a period Of
about fifteen minutes the rata was
12O miles an hour"
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-05-07
Great Rivers Of Ar.

I'VE are aware that there are well
marked areas, zones and levels In
this inverted bowl; and, though We
may not see them. there are mighty
rivers, far exceeding any Of the
rivers of earth in volume and speed,
rushing on for miles and miles, flow
ing vertically as we'll as horizontally.
There are vast calm areas and stag
nant pools; also choppy seas and
regions of great turbulence.
I'VE are learning today that there
are various layers in the air, which
must be explored and studied before
airships can travel in safety. In dy-
ing, men will use only the lower strata,
the cloud levels. Above all clouds are
far-stretching heights. which, too, must
be explored, not by plane and dirigible,
but by the sounding balloon Of the
aerographer.
A0na yniphf nav nfFhand fhst +hopA
, 1920-06-24

Despatching Secretary [Coj5y] remack-
ed: Mr, Chairman. I have before me
copies Of the st. Croix Avis" which
gives details Of the questions asked by
LIST Member for Frederiksted Country
District Andersen at the last meeting.
/ Will ask Government Secretary Tim
mons to reply.
Government Secretary Timm,ns re-
marked; Mr.. Chairman. While it is
true that the proposed budget fer this
fiscal year exceeds the budget for last
year, yet this appears &c Government to
be necessary as the cost of all articles is
increased, and further, it is found ne
cessary to expand in some departments.
Revenue Taxes With regard to In
come Tax, Government sees that the
estimate on Income Tax is low, but that
was made early in the year and i, was
not Known then whether the 2& SurUax
would be collected or not.
Excise Duty-Tha was Ie it out, due to
the tact. that when the budget was pre-
pared Government did not know whether
there would be any excise duty collected,
out Iii any case excise duty will be collect
ed ana II not seen on Une budget it will
be placed IN the Treasury all the same.
AG4SHiIOIQ OiCh mouse Inc amount
contributed is in accordance with agree
ment made with St. Thomas.
Experiment Station--Ihe subsidy will
expire this year as you ali know and this
needs no explanation.
With regard TO Dentist fer the Munich
pal Hospitals, the Governments believes
that the service of the Municipal Dentist
is very desirable; the purpose is to have
him take care of the children in the
schools and the clinic at the Hospitals.
He will rot be paid full salary, and there
fore, will be allowed private practice.
Public Libraries The remark is aston
Ishlng, In all COMMITTEES a public libra
~ il necessary and we believe it is true
here; II Is LETT tor the Council to decide
whether II wants a library or not; it
should be borne in mind that only a small
amount is to be contributed by this
Municipality.
Subsidy to West India & Panama TeIe-
graph Co,-This is in accordance with
, 1920-06-24
PRO S
OF THE
COLONIAL COUNCIL
70 ST. CROIX
Continued from yesterdays AV1


The Chairman remarked: | am Chair
man Of the Red Cross here in St. Cr0ix
and do not consider myself eligible to DE
a member Of the Commission.
Ii voting tickets were handed IN,
Elected was: LIST Member for Fred
eriksted Town LCoulterl with 7 votes.
End Member for Christiansted Town
Car egatal, 4th Member for Christian
sted Country District RAMSAY !, and Bird
Member for said District iRobt. W.
Skeoch with | vote respectively.
The Chairman then gave a recess Of 30
minutes.
End Member for Christiansted Town
(Canegata) left the meeting during the
recess.
Government Secretary Timm)ns, DR..
Mink, Medical Aid and Mr.. Pettigrew,
Public Works Officer entered the meeting
during the recess.
After recess the Council r|eassembled
and the Chairman asked Bird Member for
, 1920-06-24

AUFFA.
Christiansted Country District (Robt. w,
Skeoch) TO act as Secretary to the Coun-
Gil.
Accordingly the member took the
Chair.
The Chairman then slaid before mem
bers item 2 Of the Order of the Day,
Item g..
Colonial Council Bill No, sc.
End Discussion on Colonial Council
Bill No. 36, Draft of proposed Budget
fox the Municipality OF St. Croix for
the fscat year from July f5t, 1920 to
June 30, 1921
The Chairman remarked: | nave lust
been handed an amendment by Govern
ment Secretary Timmons covering the
salaries of all the functionarles receiving
less than Frcs. rs. 90 per month; to make
II clear | will read the items. The Chair
man read the amendment and continuing
said, In short Government has adopted
the amendments proposed by the Munici
pal Committeein toto.
LIST Member for Frederiksted Country
District (Andersen) would like to know
where the changes come in under the
budget, and whether any change will be
made in the Revenue side OF it?
The Chairman in reply to the last
speaker said, Any increase in the Bud
ger will have to come from the amount
appropriated by Congress.
1st Member for Frederiksted Country
District (Andorsenl remarked: Mr..
Chairman. The reason why | asked the
question is, because we hope to carry
out an extensive road program this year
and We wilt need some money to help US
along, and we intend to propose to bud
get some money for these road repairs
before we pass this budget, and it would
be necessary to change the amount Under
Income Tax unless Government agrees to
meet the amount.
The Chairman in reply to the last
speaker said, Such a proposal can be
brought in by introducing a money bill
in the Council.
lst Member for Frederiksted Country
District [Andersenl remarked: / think
it is more appropriate to bring it up be-
fore the budget is passed.
, 1920-06-24
Hart-Parr Tractor.

At Sion Farm duplicate its excellent Porto Rrmr records when in the presence Of MEsBs l.
nd RMGBERG it phwed II Acres using 10 Gals Ker@mein 8 hours which means that it wou
Acres in a day of 10 hours
Considering the condition of the ground which had not been owedm three years and without
in six months it is q performance which places this machine in class by itself
AUFFANT 4 ANTONSANTg 40
Morris tribune., 1920-07-30
FRIDAY. JULY 80. 1920

Stenger's Office that evening for the
purpose of meeting with Miss Quin-
Ian. She complimented the Board for
the economical way in which they
handled the cases in the county, on
the frequency of their meetings, and
on the careful keeping Of their rec
ords.
Many of the. county boards meet
only once or twice year, she said,
while the Stevens county organiza-
ton is called every month. Expenses
of the board have been small, due to
the fact that Dan LaWler, Ray
Roberts, and Judge Stenger have don
ated cars for use in visiting cases,
and also because Donnelly and Han
cock members Of the board have come
over in their own cars, and their ex-
penses have not been betrayed, as
they are in many other counties.
The Board has handled an un-
usually large number of cases during
the past year.
Morris tribune., 1920-07-30
WILL INCREASE TAXES

In the city of Glenwood, the as
sessed value of all automobiles is
$59,047. The personal property
taxes paid by these for the current
year, amount to $4,871. In Alex
andria, the assessed value of auto
mobiles is $54,5O3, and the taxes
paid by these amount to $4,540.
If autos are exempted from
the personal property tax, the
tax rate will necessarily be increased.
In Glenwood, it will amount to a
little over 10 per cent, in Alexan-
dria, about ga per cent, in Morris
about per cent, in Starbuck, about
4 per cent, in Hancock, about 81
per cent. cannot give the figures
for different townships for the rea-
son that it would take too much
work to figure out for the different
school districts which all have a
different rate, but 1 will say that it
will not be near as great as in some
cities l have mentioned.
Morris tribune., 1920-07-30
"SHE WRITES"

Impressionistically, we simply it.
emize- July apple tree high
fences-irate dogs-torn clothes
midnight means and philosophical
regretfully
"No legislative action
Has mankind ever seen
To keep small boys from gazing
On the apple when tits green"
Understandings yours,
Ekay.
Morris tribune., 1920-07-30
Continued next week

If you have farm that you want
to sell call and see me, or write to
me at Morris, MINI. Jos. j. Gaffney.
adv.
Morris tribune., 1920-07-30
Praises Child Welfare Roard

Praises Child Welfare Board
Miss Lucille Quinlan, field inspect
or of the State Board of Control, was
in Morris last Friday, to confer with
the local Child Welfare Board. A
special meeting was called in Judge
Morris tribune., 1920-07-30

amount of bonds will be issued in
order to refund to counties.
was going to give you all the
money possible to carry on the hard
surface program, and will act on
the presumption that the legislature
will repudiate their indebtedness to
the counties. We then
HAVE II MILLION DOLLARS
in the trunk highway fund. and
what are the burdens upon this
fund? BY this amendment, the
state will be charged with the grad
ing and maintainence of these 1000
miles of road, which formerly rested
upon the counties. In what condition
is this trunk highway system now?
Large parts of it have not been grad
ed at all. Some small portions of
1t have been hard surfaced, and all
of these roads will have to be main
tanned in as good a passable condi-
ton as they have been by the coun-
ties. In support of the claim that if
we pass this amendment 80 per cent
of the county road funds will be re-
leased to the counties, it is stated in
this recent circular called "Ques-
tions and Answers" that the county
and township bridge fund during the
last years has amounted to Is mil
lion dollars and that 80 per cent of
this fund or IL million dollars has
been used on this trunk highway
system for improvement and main
flamenco thereof. And they claim
that if this amendment does not
pass the counties will still be re-
quired to spend this 80 per cent or
IL million dollars on this trunk high
way system. If we take into. con-
sideration the increase of labor and
material it will, no doubt, take a
good deal more and here you have
only II million dollars to perform the
work that formerly has
Morris tribune., 1920-07-30
COST IL MILLION DOLLARS

Is not hard surfacing impossible un-
der these conditions? 1 did not give
you any federal aid, but suppose the
federal aid is continued and Minne-
sofa gets its $2,8OO,OOO federal aid.
this will only pay for so miles of
hard surface road, for at the price
that prevailed in March this wear.
and which is probably higher now,
you could only construct 20 miles
of good hard surface roads for a
million dollars. Suppose in addition
to this, you would take some out of
the trunk highway fund, the best
you could do would be to construct
about 80 to a 100 miles a year and
! at that rate, it would take 70 years
at least to hard surafce this trunk
system.
Now where will these hard surface
roads be first built? This cannot
very we'll be prescribed by the legis-
lative enactment that will carry this
amendment into effect, but will be
left with highway commission or
commissioners. They will be built
where the traffic is the heaviest, and
WheCe there is the greatest need of
hard surface roads. We can readily
see that this will be near the twin
cities, for example, for SO or rs
| miles on each of the trunk highways
that enter the twin cities, from
Duluth to Iron Range towns, and
from st. Paul to Duluth, and next
through southern Minnesota. Some
one has said that this will depend
upon political influence. Well, that
makes no difference as these sections
have named possess the greatest in
f1uence and besides they have
greater claim for the reason that
they contribute the most money to
the sinking fund.
AS to the other claim that this
system can be built and the other
roads graded and gravelIed without
increasing the tax rate one penny.
This is absurd, The amendment spe-
officially provides that the tax on
motor vehicles for highway sinking
fund shall be in lieu of all other
taxes and from a moments reflection
you can readily see that automobiles
at the present pay a considerable
sum as personal property taxes,
which are used for school, township,
village, CITY,. county and state pur-
poses. I have looked over a couple
| Of cities and find as follows:
Morris tribune., 1920-07-30

Now, there is nothing certain
about the federal aid and in view of
the fact that the present Congress
had adjourned without continuing
this appropriation thereby making it
impossible for the highway depart
ments of the different states to make
plans for projects for the year /. g.
year coming in June 1921. The
Secretary of Agriculture recon-
mended to Congress last winter that
they continue this appropriation of
one hundred million for at least four
years more. It is true that the plat
forms of both the Democratic and
Republican parties contain planks
endorsing federal aid for public
highways, but the worst Of it is that
the Democrats in their plank claim
all the ciedit for initiating this fed
eral aid, and if the next Congress is
republican, it would not do for them
to continue this aid for which the
Democrats claim credit.
STATE ROAD AND BRIDGE FUND
Is there any other source Of rev.
enue for this trunk highway fund,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-05
SUNDAY ]" AT FIRST CHURCH Choral Organization to Give Song Recital at Evening
 Services

Today is First church chorus Sun day" as the First Methodist Episcopal Church and officers of~the choral organ ization are planning to make a big pre- sentation of their cause to every one who comes to the church. Dr. Stuart will have returned, and will assist in every way possible
 Mrs. G. H. Davis, president of the church chorus has sent a circular letter to hundreds of singers, and those es- pecially interested in the church music. The rehearsals are to be held every Thursday night at 8 o'clock, beginning next Thursday night.
 Mrs. Davis says that, beginning October 5, the chorus will sing every Sunday night. "Dr. Stuart believes in the c1orus," she says, and he wants our splendid or ganizaton in the choir loft for the even ing services. The beautiful cantata, Ruth by Alfred Gau, is to occupy our attention during portion of each re- hearsal almost from the start.
 There are no dues, nor will you be called upon to bear any part of the ex- pense. We just want you to be nem- Der and faithful attendant"
 J. D. McGill who made an excellent choirmaster and solo tenor last year. will continue to be the musical director this season.
 The personnel of the regular choir will be as follows: Tenor, J. D. McGfT; So- prano, Miss Emma Read Mitchell; con trato, Miss Lima Vogt; Bass, H. J. Pos ner; organist, Mrs. Kimball Morrison.
 Miss Mitchell will not assume her duties until October 1, and Miss Yettie Goldstein will be the solo soprano for the month of September.