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The Monte Vista journal., 1920-07-03


k.eAbseh W. City u Monte Vista
~ on for trial In the District
rss,t. at Dol Norts. Hon. william,
! s..rry of tho Durango District
=, called in by Judge Wiley 70 hear
\. case. tn, hearing Of which oc-
l,,I,d the time of the Court during
repdsy. Monday svsnine and until
k,.,isy noon. after which Judge
A.,ey in open court announced his
,d,ne. aud opinion. anains ON ~.
M point In the case In favor Of ths
m and against rischbach. 70 thst
\. city will retain the Fair Grounds.
n will be enabled 10 pail Oh an
hler stampede"
MS case was Of much Interest to
N Citizens Of Monte Vista and COM
bssi,y. who closely watched the
,sesedinSs Of this suit from the
pe Il was begun until the opinion
Ds1sred by Judge Searcy. ~ above
s,sd.
he history Of this case b ~ fol-
~. In tn. history Of Monte Vista.
nv hack in the Eighties. after the
sadinG OF the town. number Of
aalie spirited citissns. conceived
\ ilsa Of having . fair and IN az
esltural show. and . driving park
n ,As use OF the public in general.
y % on the ?2nd day Of October.
~. number Of the citizens or
alDsA themselves into . corpora
y knovn AZ the Monte Vista Driv-
3 Park association. the purpose Of
- vas to obtain. grounds upon
- to hold . fsir asA asrieultur-
ehe,sy and for . driving park. lts
~ stock was sie.see.ee. Atvid-
hts shares Of elo.ee each.
- b the association WAS cold to
pseaic for the purposs OF raising
- With which 70 purchase the
y necessary for its Ne 70 hold the
aad agricultural display. and I'm
M the same for this purpose.
original intention and purpose
y organizers was 70 furnish q
~ for the public TO hold their
aud agricultural show, ~ we'll
place for amusement In . gener-
Wy and not for personal gain and
ssdstion to the purchase Of stock
May OF the citizens the public
as'a'ly contributed from year to
70 the associations. recognising 4,
: Pablo enterprise. The associa-
Aad Board Of Directors. who
u interest Of the public. held y
ssr Of fairs and agricultural
3ay' and used the property for
pselic. About the year Of 1900.
ooard Of County Commissioners
s''ed the taxes. thea due against
"lf ground lands and Instructed
assessor to cease assessing It for
aon upo: the ground that II was
* property. used for public
= last Board Of Directors elect
inc stock holders OF this as-
oh we're. the late r. B. Wal
'ames A. Kelley. w. J. Clark.
= 6ronouYh. who It seems held
10 1901. after which time by
'' consent. the fair ground
my was turned over to the pub
20 such fairs as were held thers.
sFds we're by the citisenu
.a'e Vista. In mass meeting. get
~se'her. appointing committees
'eoucting the fairs ~ It had
0'ore been done. The expense
'no~ was raised by public
"pion and valuable improve.
we're placed upon the grounds
- public. and in every respec,
sDe.sy .',p was treated a. public
v Tor the uses Of the public
and the Stockholders gen.
..qu'esced In this view.
ss' the charter Of the cor
- expired by Limitation leav
- - .oove named dfreetors - II.
o.fd Of directors, whils the cit,
vista still continued to %,
sefty for holding fairs ant
efal displays. which Il sssml
=. dedicated for that purpose
The Monte Vista journal., 1920-07-03
DOUBTFUL DEnoCRACY

ing and Coolidge has been con-
sumed by . rabid Democratic
press In aasailins the Candi-
dates, asaailing the platform
Of the republican party. a.
sailing in fact II very right to
existence.
Passing through the four
stages Of criticism, from the
disappointed friends Of other
candidates. moro or less dis
interested democrats. various
citizens who would kick at any
"ole thing" and the partisan
democrats, Harding and Cool.
idge and the Republican plat
form have emerged from the
barrage unscath6d.
Passing from this situation
to the scene Of events now BE-
ing staged at San Francisco.
4 curious and thinking Public
is awaiting with breathless in
terest the certain solution Of
all public problems and the
cure-all for national ills en-
gendered by four years and
more Of national mismanage-
ment and mis-rule.
1t remains to Be seen wheth-
er q democrats convention
rent with disssneion and torn
with conflict, seething with
personal animus because Of %
called infringemsnt Of person
al liberties, fancisd or real,
staggering under the COM
mand to accept the presiden.
tial mandate fos the league Of
Nations, will emerge from .
public barrage equally un-
scathed.
At this writing the conven.
ti0n is in the thoes Of building
q platform, and under White
House orders. to be adopted
before voting for presidential
candidates, lest the delegates
bolt for the tall uncut, and =
democratic much.ado be lack.
ing upon which to base demo-
cratic claims for presidential
this fall.
From Tammany Charles
Murphy to the Nebraska psalm
singer the fight wages merrily
on, and what's the use Of hav-
ing a democratic party any.
way if an Irishman can't write
his own plank to suit his self?
Last reports indicate the id.
option Of a platform plank in
favor of cider. light wines and
beers, and Bryan advocating
the dry plank which he sub
mitted to the convention re-
suited in q vote, now listen |!
1856 for; 929 against. Imag-
inc the grief of the Grand Old
Man from Nebraska, maker Of
presidents. who would barter
his immortal soul, the prosper
ity and safety Of our Republic.
for favorable consideration Of
his particular dry and league
of nations planks."
In the light of facts the par
ticular sOlicitude of this con-
vention for women's suffrage
is little short of amusing. The
nineteenth amendment Is dis
tinctively a republican meas
ure. The last democratic con-
gress rejected it. The present
republican congress promptly
passed it by this vote: For the
amendment 200 republicans
and 1O2 democrats; against
10 republicans, 70 demo-
Gratis, it thus being passed by a
vote of more than 81 per cent
of the republicans and so per
cent of the democrats. The
later senate vote was: For the
amendment, S6 republicans
and 20 democrats; against, 8
republicans and II democrats.
Thus about 90 per cent Of the
republican senators and only 4
fraction more than 81 per cent
of the democrats voted for Il.
In the whole congress Il rot
practically 30 per cent Of the
republican votes and looo than
So uer cent Of the domoerntic.
New Britain herald., 1920-11-05
STOCK CONTAIN YNExT WEEK.

Announcement of the engagement of the Charles K ChampIin Stock company at the Lyceum for next week is one of the most significant state ments that have been made to local theater-goers this season. It means that the people are going to see one of the finest stock organizations in the entire country, for the Champlin com pany is recogfinized as one of the best travelling companies from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
 The reperoire of plays which will be presented by MT. Champlin are sure to find favor with all first class theater-goers. This company carries all It's own special scenery, and pre- sents each offering in true Metropoli- tan fashion.
 A glance at the list of plays which will be offered during next week shows 1t includes such plays as "Cappy Kicks, a big hit in New York last season: Broadway Jones', George M. Cohan's famous play; The Crimson Alibi''. which was the sensation in New York the latter part of last sea- son; Daddy Long Legs, Ruth Chat terton's greatest stage trump; The Unmarried Mother. @ play with a great moral lesson, and ''The House of Guilt'', an absorbing drama of the present time.
 The company will open with 'Cappy Kicks.
New Britain herald., 1920-11-05
FREDERICK TRIO TO COMPETE.

New Britain's native sons the Fred erick Trio. acrohats. will compete to- night with the company of dancers of Al Lemons. New Britain's own comedian and wooden shoe endur- anCc dancer.
 The Jolly Prisoners" continues to attract many Lyceum patrons because of the acting of Al Lemons and Cole man. Several spccialties arc also pre- scented. The Tip Top Merry Makers make their final appearance at the Lyccum tomorrow night. completing their two weeks engagement.
 In order to film Burning Daylight, the Jack London photo play now showing at the Lyceum. the cast spent ten days near Truckee. in the Sierra Madre mountains of California. The company left Los Angeles on a warm day and arrived at their destination -twenty-six hours later. to be greeted ~by a raging Spring blizzard.
 An Alaskan village was built be- tween Bonner Lake and the town of Truckee. When the company arrived on the scene, this made -to-order ham, let was almost com pletaly buried in snow, while in the city of Los Angeles, the warmest day of the Spring was being recorded.
 Sleigh riding was q daily sport with tho company on location Each day the members of the cast were con- veyed 10 and from the village set in sledges. Those preferring more vio- lent exercise were furnished with snow shoes or skis.
 Mitchell Lewis and Helen Ferguson. who enact the principal roles in Burning Daylight, adopted the lat ter mode of transportation. as they claimed 1t was 0 great conditioning exercise as we'll as a wonderful sport.
 Charles Ray in Back of Man" and Bernard Burning in Seeds of Ven- geance" are the two features for Sun- day night. Charles Ray appears in a new picture in which he is well de- picted.
New Britain herald., 1920-11-05
FINE BILL AT PALACE.

The Palace is offering an exception ally fine bill both in vaudeville and photoplay attractions for the balance of the week George F. Moore
 famous Broadway comedian, is the vaudeville hcadliner with n fine sonr and dance revue with a cast of pretty girls and new songs and dances, George T.. Moore is known in the theatrical world as q comedian of abil- . lily and his many witty sayings. his dances and songs contain many a hearty laugh. Other acts include Morlen and Rex in a good novelty off, fering; Marion Glare, an exceptionally clever single woman, and Arthur and Leah Bell in n ventriIoquist novelty. arc one of the big hits of the show. The feature photoplay presents Maurice Tourneurs version of the
New Britain herald., 1920-11-05

photoplay part of the excellent bill-
 The vaudeville offerings are well above the average. Esperado has 0 clever aerial act. Gormely and Reeves present a dancing turn. Jeanne Fox landed a big favoritc in her chararterizations and songs. It was left to James <irney and his capable support to start the audiences yester- day to laughing and kept them going all of the time they occupied the Ce. It is an all around good bill at FoN's this half of the week.
 Sunday evening there will be two features Buck Jones in "Firebrand Trevison'' and an all star cast in ''The Miracle of Money"
New Britain herald., 1920-11-05
WILLIAM FARNI-NI AT FOX's.

William Farnum. the noted William Fox star in a rattling fine picture of the West, is the attra ction at FoNs S today and three performances tomor- row. In Drag Harlan, Farnum is seen at his best.
 Mutt and Jeff arc just as Imaginable as ever. Booth Tarkington's Edgar Camps Out, n rollicking comedy. Love and Gasoline" and a new and interesting Fox News complete the
New Britain herald., 1920-11-05
MACDONALD AT PALACE

When Howard Chandler Christy declared that Katherine MacDonald's title. the most beautiful woman in pictures" was we'll earned and ac- counted for her beauty by saying it represented the glory of a dauntless character. he little knew that Miss MacDonald's next story would enable her to enact Q role of this nature.
 The Turning Point" the latest at traction of The American Beauty" will be shown at the Palace theater, commencing Sunday.
New Britain herald., 1920-11-05

famous Drury Lane production. The White Heather. d story chocl1 full of action and very sensational. A Mack Sennett comedy. Warner Gland in a new chapter of the Third Eye" bill
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1920-01-08
LAKE MICHIGAN SHIP
BATTLING ICE BARRIER
OFF MUSKECoN PORT
Coast Guards Helpless BY
Slush Ice; Fighting for
Clear Water
(Bv United Press J


Muskegon, Mich, Jan 8.-The
Crosby line steamer Petosky was but
two miles from shore at noon today,
having forced her way through five
miles of slush ice after being trapped
late yesterday. She Is expected to
reach port late this afternoon.
Muskegon, Mich, Jan. 8.-Caught
in a gigantic ice field, six miles of
Muskegon in Lake Michigan, the pas
senger and freight steamer Petosky.
with score Of passengers and crew
of forty-two abroad Is battling ice
today in an effort to reach the open
water ten miles from shore. mr..
The vessel neared this port yester-
day from Milwaukee but was caught
In the ice. Finding is impossible to
make this port the ships officer. turn
ed back toward Milwaukee, but the
ice closed about her and she was
trapped. ~ ~ -,
It is impossible for the coast guards
to reach her because Of slush ice. Un-
less the wind changes, clearing the
ice, passengers and crew may suffer
from exposure, lack Of fuel and food.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1920-01-08
ODD FELLOWS WILL
INITIATE LARGE CLASS
ON FRIDAY EVENING
Mcintosh Degree Team Will
Do the Work; Bagley to
Send Delegation

The Independent. Order of Odd Fell
lows from Mcintosh, Mimi, will meet
with the Bemidji lodge Friday even
ing, az. will also members OF the Bag-
ley lodge. Plans are under way for
one Of the biggest lodge gatherings
ever held in this city.
A large class Of candidates will be
initiated, the team from Mclnt osh do
ing the degree work.
The visitors will arrive Friday
noon over the Great Northern rail-
way and delegation from the local
lodge will meet them. They will be
taken to the hotels for dinner and
escorted to the l. o. o. F. hall in the
afternoon where they will make their
headquarters.
In the evening, banquet will be
served and after the regular lodge
session a social session will be held.
The program will look after the visit
ors until the early morning train
leaves for the west.
A special invitation is extended to
all Odd Fellows, whether members Of
the Bemidji lodge or not. All Odd
Fellows in the city are cordially in
vited to be present and partake in
the festivities. g
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1920-01-08
Colonel Stutz Of Sixth Infantry
Names Him IS for !. confirrma: /.
!. lion BY War Dept sa 4
7BEMIDJI WILL BECOME
PART OF 9TH REGIMENT
Company K, 1t Will Appear
!. on Muster Records; Full =
:: Equipment Ready
MILITARY EXPERIENCE OF
GUARD COMPANY'S CAPTAIN

The captain, recommended Dy
Lieut.. Col. Stutz of the Sixth Man-
nesota. infantry, national guard,
for the new company 4 OF be-
midi, is D. J. Moore, who had
wonderful experience in the fight
ing ranks of Uncle Sam.
For a period Of four and one
half years he was in the national
guard Of Wisconsin, and when the
war broke re-en1isted on Novem-
Der g., 1917, and was assigned to
his old Wisconsin division, No. 81,
which was Immediately sent over
seas. In three weeks, Moore
reached France with his division
and was hurried TO the trenches,
serving in three different sectors.
The division was then pulled
into the crimson battle Of Chateau
Thierry and e. during the terrific
fighting Moore was wounded and
gassed,. and taken to q hospital. "
When he, was released from the
hospital he arrived back on ttle
front line with his old command
and in two hours was ordered into
the Soissons battle. In that battle
he took 45 German prisoners single
handed and his feat caused him
10 be recommended for a commits
sion as second lieutenant, which
he received six ws ks Later: and:
was assigned to the, regular army,
with which. he went into the
Meuse- e-Argonne. BATTLE, and was
held in support to the signing Of
the armistice.,
Lieut.. Moore then went with the
army Of occupation into Germany.
|, and was stationed in yLuxumberg
and commanded the furthest out
post in. Germany at that time. Was
then transferred back to. his orig
inal organization. He left Ger
many in April last year, sailed
from Brest on the George Wash
.ington, landed May s, took his
company home, went to Camp
Grant and was discharged: June 5,
He had served fifteen months,
seven of which were on the front
lines of France, against the Huns.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1920-01-08
207 MARRIAGE LICENSES /.
ISSUED DURING 1919: ::
:630VER PREVIOUS YEAR
Thirty-Eisht Divorces Granted
in Same Period; One /.
" Month Missed

In the County Clerks office during
the year of 1919, there were 207
couples licensed to- wed and likewise
united in marriage, in comparison
to LA couples in 1918. No doubt
the comparatively small number In
1918 was due to the fact that during
that entire year, nearly all of the
young men were in the military serv-
ice ofEthle U. S. and since returning to
civil life aave made UP for lost time,
causing an increase during the past
year of SO marriages.
The following list shows the num-
ber Of marriages and divorces occur
ing during each month OF the. past
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1920-01-08
ORGANIZED LABOR AND
E. AMERICAN LEGION
j. ] j.: ARE CLOSE FRIENDS
III
National Commander D'Olier
~. Asserts Many Members
T. =, Are Union Men

:; Organized labor and the American
Legion are close friends, and in a
letter just issued by Franklin D'Olier,
national commander, he has the fol-
,lowtht:t0 say: -.~,>. ., ...l;ls,. ,.,.:-.., ,
j THE members of organized labor
are patriotic, citizens and the men,
bers of the American Legion are pa
triotic American citizens, who have
proven their patriotism and their 10y
atty. Consequently, on the purposes
OF the American Legion, both they
and we are in accord. Many Of our
most loyal members are members of
organized labor, and it is our hope
that we may be able to convince
every ex-service man who is a men,
per of organized labor that our pur-
poess are the same as loyal citizens
and that every ex-service man IN
their forces will join the Legion.
"All ex-service men Who are mem
:bers Of organized labor have proven
their loyalty and their patriotism to
the country and now appreciate their
responsibilities as citizens, and we
therefore hope it will be not long
before they are all active memb bers Of
the American Legion"
There are many returned service
men in Bemidji who have not joined
the Legion. These men are invited
to attend the Legion meeting tonight
in the City building and they will
be afforded opportunity to join.
The meeting this evening will be
interesting. Judge c.
w. Stanton will speak and the silk
standard given to the home guard by
the citizens of Bemidji will BE pre-
sented to the Ralph Oracle Post.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1920-01-08
NOON DINNER !: :. ;
.BEMlDJl !|'||;'!|!||:|! ASSN; s. =:
REPLETE WITH !: :.
:. INFORMATION
Lieut.. Col. Stutz Talks on Ma
tional Guard; Palmer
Asks for Action
SCHUMAKER URGES AID
IN ROAD BOND SALE
Association Will Assist County
Board in Every Way
Possible
SCHUMAKER URGES AID
IN ROAD BOND SALE

Fully confident that the people of
Bemidji would do all possible to aid
him, Liuetenant-Colonel f. G, Stutz
of St. Paul, of the Sixth regiment of
the Minnesota National Guard, ad-
dressed the local business men at the
monday luncheon of the Bemidji as
sociation Wednesday.
He spoke Of the urgent need of a
gathering place for the young men,
such as would be provided with the
establishment of guard unit here In
the form Of an armory. Three other
cities are waiting to get into the ma
tional guard by forming unit and
are watching Bemidji to see what is
being done. He announced that at the
meeting in the evening he would ex-
plain more In detail the guard and
armory proposition, and that 1t must
be decided upon at the evening ses-
sion. ., .r.
Palmer Asks Action.
DR.. &. M. Palmer, chairman of tho
recruiting campaign, briefly stated
the facts, demanding immediate ac-
tiOn on the matter.
Earle A. Barker was reported to be
AASOAy ~ - UIVIAcE
Der Of the association, who aunounc-
ed that Mr.. Barker wished to be re-
membered to the meeting and was in
the condition to meet visitors.
Bond Issue Explained.
The county bond issue and sale was
explained thoroughly by r. H. Schu-
maker of the First National bank and
he asked that the association yet be-
hind the county commissioners to aid
them in sale of bonds. Chairman Len
non of the county commissioners also
stated facts concerning the bond
issue and the action being taken by
the board for the sale OF the bonds.
committee was appointed to assist
the county board in every way DOS
sible.
Thomas SwinsOn, census enumera-
tor for this district, detailed several
ways in which the association could
he Of aid in the enumeration iu order
to give Bemidji square deal in the
census taking. Members of the asso-
ciation can turn. in to him or the
secretary Of the association, r.. M.
Stanton, any information which they
believe has been overlooked by the
census takers.
Would Garry Slips.
1t was voted by the association
that the secretary have slips printed
for the aid Of the project. These
slips to be carried by the enumerators
in their rounds and, when confronted
by problem which would undoubt-
edly take considerable time to un-
ravel, the enumerator would simply
fill out the slip with as much .nfor-
nation as possible and turn it in to
the secretary, who, with the other
members Of the association, would
aid in completing the data OH the
party concerned.
Following the business session,
Arthur J. Donovan, representative of
the Minnesota Highway Improvement
association, explained in detail the
Babcock plan for good roads sys-
tenn, otherwise known as Amendment
No. l.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1920-01-08
SERVICE MEN SHOULD
HEAR LEGION SPEAKER

All service men are urged to be
present at the American Legion meet
ing Of the Ralph Oracle post to be.
held this evening in the rooms of the,
Bemidt association at the City build
ing. 49,.
Besides the talk to be delivered by
Jul ge c. w. Stanton, there Will be
several other interesting features, In
cluding report from Manager Fra.
ser on the activities of the basketball
team and a number of athletic con-
tests. SF'
The Bemidji Home Guard. company
will present its silk American. flag to
the local post Of the legion at this
time. A buffet lunch will be served.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1920-01-08
LEGAL PROBLEMS DECIDED
: IN SOLDIERS BONUS LAW
(By United Press

= St. Paul, Jan. S.-The bonus ap-
plieation of a man who dies before
1T is allowed is nullified according to
an opinion by Attorney General G. L..
Hilton to the state bonus board.
In another opinion the attorney
general holds that only the widow
can collect bonus in the case Of a
service man who died after the law
was passed but before filing petit
tion.
These petitions were given as tue
result of several sucn cases appearing
before the board.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1920-01-08
"PIoNEER" GETS RESULTS.

In q recent issue of The Pioneer
there appeared one want ad stat
ing that q man was wanted to
drive 4 motor bus and act as truant
officer, while another was asking
for q janitor for one Of the city
school buildings. Both were local
wants, placed by Superintendent
Bagby Of the Bemidji public
schools.
On Saturday morning, soon after
reaching his office, Superintendent
Bagby was consulted by four men,
each Of whom wanted the job as
janitor.
Twelve applicants early the
same day wanted the job as bus
driver and truant officer, four
more applying later in the day.
Again we say that The Pioneer
want ads bring results. =
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1920-01-08
!: MARRIAGES Divorces.

The divorces granted during the
year of 1919 in this country WERE all
fairly small proportion TO the number
Of couples welded sdurin G 4. me same
length of time. - Is r. 'o~' 4