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The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1921-11-03

10 farm the lduU ludt udo diicduy
been opened, and to cultivate 1t more
thoroughly. Secretary Wallace Of the
present cabinet, takes the same point
of view. Both men are from the corn
stalks Of the Hawkeye state, from
which also emerged "Tama Jim" Will
son, whom history regards as the dean
of wisdom in the agricultural depart
ment. When men and acres are
matched Iowa plans must be con
sidered, ever though eventually re-
vised.
It will be remembered that during
the most troublesome times of the
late war Secretary of the Interior
Franklin X. Lane developed a plan
to attract the returning soldiers to
take up land and engage in farming.
At first everybody appeared to be for
Mr.. Lanes scheme, and then there fol
lowed an agitation to the effect that
farmers we're unable to secure labor,
and that in consequence the return
ing soldiers should go out and work
on the farms hat were already run
ming short-handed. 1t is not SO very
clear that the young men followed
this lead; but it is very clear that
among the unemployed there are hun
dreds Of thousands of ex-service men
that might have been benefited by Mr..
Lanes plan.
In 1862 the homestead law, as we
have it today, was adopted, and fol
lowing the Civil war the young men
Of the country joined a back to the
land movement that made for great
prosperity in the nation in succeed
ing years. 1t is believed by a great
many that Mr.. Lane had a great vision
of the possibilities of restoring some
of the rural population and activity,
and relieving the congestion in the
cities. What he proposed to do for
the returning soldiers was to place
them on lands which they could pur-
chase on easy terms, and he worked
out a plan whereby they could make
a living and gain the rewards of their
w industry. Back to the land" talk
isn't as effective now as it was when
Mr.. Lane was behind the idea. The
scheme needs a new and powerful
leader, because it still has it's appeal
to thoughtful men and women. 1t is,
however, a pretty poor substitute as
an emergency measure for the down
and out" whom it is hoped to aid and
assist through movements such as the
unemployment conference.
One reads considerable nowadays
about senatorial "blocs," and since the
word has not been used a great deal
in this connection there is a certain
amount of misunderstanding as to its
meaning. Just call it "balky" instead
of bloc" and you will have the right
meaning.
There are about twenty-three sena.
tors in the so-called agricultural bloc
in the senate. Some Of them are re.
publicans and others are democrats
1t is their idea that agriculture is the
greatest industry in the nation, and
they want the tax legislation, the tar.
if legislation, and every other kind
OF legislation, to recognize it as such.
Even the crack Of the party whip
doesn't make them bulge.
The administration promised a tariff
bill last spring, and it will be a difficult
job to get it through congress before
next spring. The new tax bill might
be recognized if referred to as the
"tacks' bill, since it is %punctured SO
often. The balky senators of the "ag.
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| ricultural bloc had Senator'S Penrose
and Lodge, the administration cham
pions, thoroughly whipped on the tax
bill as Fall descended upon the CAPT
tol. The astute old leaders knew ex-
actly what had happened to them, and
they took their medicine, and as they
made peace they smiled.
The agricultural bloc" Of balky
senators worked so smoothly that iml-
tators appeared, and there was talk
about a manufacturers bloc, and
other "blocs.' But with peace re-
stored in the ranks of the agricultural
groups there is evidence that the balki-
ness that has been holding up the
tax measure will disappear; and there
are prospects of the tax bill making
Roadway from now on, balky senators,
like balky horses, usually travel sat
isfactorily when they are having their
own way.
President Harding says that it is
hard to imagine Qualifications for con-
fict among the peoples of the opposite
shores of the Pacific ocean, which
might reasonably be interpreted that
there is no call for a fight between
the United States and Japan. Presi-
dent Harding and Secretary of State
Hughes are working to create a world
sympathy for the objects Of the com
ing armament conference, and the
president has issued a warning against
propaganda that will misrepresent the
true meaning of the big event. In
President Wilson's time the latter
used the expression that "it is nee.
esary to concert public opinion" and
that is evidently what the present adj
ministration is attempting to do, ever
though they speak of the effort in a
different manner. President Wilson
had a wal to justify his methods of
"concerting" public opinion, and some
of the stuff that was concerted by
Messrs. "Creel & Co." was said to
be of the poison gas variety Of liter
ature." Evidently a repetition of some
OF this class Of misleading information
is feared at this time, as the public is
being warned against the "pickpockets
of publicity" whom it was expected
will work in the interests of some Of
the foreign governments at the con-
ference. The United States admins
tration emphasizes it's high purpose in
inviting the nations to Washington for
a conference, and it is the unanimous
belief in the capital that if the visitors
come here with clean hands and pur-
poses that a way car be found for
curtailing the world production of arm
aments, and this production is looked
upon as the chief i%nstigation leading
to wars.
The wheels of justice in all of the
big cities are choked with criminal
cases, and Washington, D. c., where
most of the laws are made, is said
to be the most lawless city in the
United States. B~ootleggers are doing
so much business in the capital that
the local courts are crowded with
cases growing out of the illegal sale
of liquor, and consequent disorders.
The robbery of Joseph Letters private
home of 100000 worth of wines and
liquors, and the holdup of a man and
his wife on one of the principal streets
in the early evening were events of
the wave of crime that came about
the same time recently.
Wv. s. S.
ChicOry or French endive may be
bleached in a cellar or under the green
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BOARD OF

2S, 1921.
The board Of education met in regu-
lar session with the following men,
bers present: President Atkinson, l..
B. Johnson, Gertrude Mcknight and
c. A. Johnson.
The meeting was called to order and
the minutes Of meetings of September
30 and October l were read and ap-
proved.
The finance committee then reported
favorably on the following bills:
John Murphy, labor .........$ 24.00
Brookings Const. Co. part pay
ment on contract .......... 2,S25.4O
Brookings Const. Co., for ma
terial furnished for heating. 1854
Wold-Mark Const. Co., part
payment on contract ...... 5,752. 90
Langford Electric Co., part
payment on contract ...... 949.6O
lyric & Chapman, commission 390.54
The Kellogg-Mackay Co., pipe 494.O5
The Kellogg-Mackay Co., I'M
side casing 495. 80
Western Union Tel. Co., mes
SdSeS 1.bS
Burris Printery, printing re-
port cards 26.15
Brookings Creamery, cream,
milk and butter .......... 9.32
L. H. Trudell, draying ....... 800
Register Publishing Co., Aug.
p~iOCetulHSS ............ 4.J9
Cole Mercantile Co, sundries
Dom. Science Dept. ....... APO
Haywood Hdwe. Co., hardware SOS
| X l. Grocery. groceries for
Dom. Science Dept. ........ 1886
F. w. Heintz, hardware and
set of dishes, Dom. Science
bcpl. ........... 0Z.NU
Mitchell Planning Mill, sharpen
ing saws 1.S2
Am. Academy of Pol. Science,
DOCK ........ LOO
Paul A. Schmitt, music ...... 5.27
E. w. A. Rowles Co., window
sndueS al
A. Flanagan Co., notebook pa
per l1.50
CHM & Co., Eng. literature. 1910
Newson & Co., primer ....... 81
Edu. Music Co., music ...... 4.2i
American Book Co., books. 14.21
Eugene Ditzgen Co., books. 40.21
Thos. Charles Co., sundries.. 122.75
Nels Gullick, half month sal
airy truant officer ......... 7.5O
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bleached in a cellar or under the green
house bench.
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Ruth Titmarsh ............. 1900
Hazel Nesbit ............. las 90
Frances Erie 1900
Hazel Kliebenstein .......... $4,000
Marguerite Chapman ........ 10000
Mary Buzza ............. 10000
S. w. Johnson ............ 266.S6
Agnes Schlender, stenog...... 10000
II. w. Brightwell, janitor 80. 10000
James Worden, jaitor ....... 10000
Mrs. H. w. Brightwell, asst.
janitor 1000
p. J. Erie, clerk ........... 1000
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-11-26
PUBLIC SSl,EI0 Oh DE- NURSE ~.
: FINDS PLENTY To- DO

The most important activities of
the department of health of the Be-
midi public schools are covered in
the report Of the school nurse, Miss
Lois E. Daily, for the month of Nov
ember. The report shows that Isl
physical examinations were made dur
ing that period, 374 inspections, -
home calls, office calls and IA tele
phone calls. In each instance proper
treatment Of any. ailment was ex-
planned by Miss Daily.
Temporary exclusions from school
numbered 26 during the month, with
none at the East school, two at the
Lincoln, ID at the Central, and 10 at
the North school.
Treatments and dressings were ap-
piled in ;12O cases. Communicable
diseases discovered and checked by
the health department numbered 43,
and were as follows: Pediculosis, TO-;
scabis, 9; diphtheria, 4; chickenpox,
Is. Cultures taken numbered 60.
The school nurse assisted prom
inently during the free dental clinic
at which 526 children were examined.
She also assisted during the free eye
and ear clinic, at which 263 children
were examined. The East school was
closed from November 1 to 4, in
elusive, for cleaning, painting and
Immigration.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-11-26
AMERICAN EDUCATION
WEEK OPENS DECEMBER 4
Efforts Will Be Made in All
Communities to Emphasize
Needs of Schools

American Education week is being
held December A to 10 under the
auspices Of the National Education
association and the American Legion,
in cooperation with many other or
Observation-Disclosures, religious,
fratcrnal and civic. Education week
is encouraged in all communities an
nually for the purpose of informing
the public of the accomplishments and
needs Of the public schools, and to Sc
cure the cooperation and support OF
the public in meeting these needs,
and to teach and foster good Amer
icanism.
No service has suffered more from
unintclligcnt criticism than the
schools. The average citizen does not
read educational literature or ac-
counts Of teachers meetings or visit
schools to learn what they are do
ing. He has conception of school
only as he knew it in his own days.
Local churches have been invited
to observe Sunday, December a, as
the American Education Sunday, with
special sermons and addresses. The
public's attention. is to be conferred
upon the need Of better buildings,
libraries and equipment, Fairgrounds,
better attendance, better-paid teach
ers, longer school term, better voca-
tional education, better understand
ing of the form and fundamental
principles Of our government and
better and universal use Of the Eng
lish language.
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ST S { IlsGlA GElAAg'IIOlN 1
TOPLAY EVERETT, WASH.

As a reward for winning the Alex
andria- Worthington clash Thursday
and the state high school football
championship, the Alexandria eleven
is scheduled to take a journey to the
coast, where they will meet the star
eleven of Everett, Wash, on Christ
mas day. The invi lation to play Ever
EFT was received before the game
with Worthington, and if the boys
won they were promised the trip.
After the game they Immediately
wired their acceptance.
Everett. has for years been turn
ing out the best high school football
team on the Pacific slope During the
past two years, eastern teams, cham
pions in their own territories, have
travelled to the coast in vain attempts
to defeat the Everett high school
squad.
The Alexandria boys expect to
leave on their western journey Dec
ember IS, and hope to return home
in time for New Years day. The Be-
midi high school squad, state cham
pions in 1920, barely missed a similar
invitation last year, q team from the
East accepting it earlier in the sea-
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JAPANESE DELEGATION AT
HOME In WASHINGTON
By David l.. Blumenfeld,
Omitted Press Staff Correspondent

Washington, Nov. 26.-Japan has
three homes in Washington today. Of
ficiaidom, apart from the embassy it.
self, lives in a beautiful home on Du-
pont circle, the Shoreham hotel houses
the clerks and Offices of The military
and naval attaches, while the Nip
ponese club on Sixteenth street con-
stitutes the real home of the little
men from Nippon. There, of nights,
you may see frock-coated diplomats
smoking their long Japanese pipes,
with their miniature bowls, for all the
world as if they were sitting on the
matted floors Of their own homes in
far-away Toxic. Outside the, club, a
Japanese temple lantern glows thru
red latticed windows while in the up
stairs rooms of the club such delica-
cies as "Noshi' {fried> seaweed) and
raw fish are eaten with all the gusto
and mannerism Of restaurant in
Nara or Nikko.
The Japanese are nothing if not
smart. They take pride in their turn
out. From Ambassador Shidehara,
sindly-faced and smiling, down to the
very minutest clerk, everything is
spickY and span. Motor ears boot
around corners in Washington streets
filed with top-hatted Japanese, pull
up at government Offices and the lit
tie men get out in order Of seniority
much as steamboat load of naval
officers give way to the oldest among
them on landing. \. l., .4 :.>.s
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-11-26
Delegates VIII Be Ready to
Discuss Land Armament
and Rep arations
PREPARATIONS QUESTION !
EMPoRTANTsfo GERMANY
United States and Britain
Favor Taking Germany
Into Conference
fBy United Press)

+ Washington, Nev.. 26.-Germany
is preparing to SEM to the Washing
ton conference S&ail economic mill
tary delegation
This commission will he ready to
frankly discuss land disarmament and
permanent Preparations. This infor-
nation was obtained by the United
Press today from reliable sources. 1t
would carry the authority for salts
factory guarantees against German
aggression, which Briand says France
fears. s5:g vi
The committee would be equipped
to consider the points Britain raised.
More Important. however, to the Ger
man mind is the discussion Of the rep
arations questions. The Wirth govern
ment contends that after next spring,
Germany cannot6 meet her repara-
'tions payments under the present sys-
tenn. ssEs IL: s III, Z. H..
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TURKEY SUPPER DRAWS
MEMBERS TO MEETING

The turkey supper given at th4
Odd Fellows hal Friday night was y
strong drawing card, and an unusually
large number of the members OF
that order were on hand to enjoy it.
Nothing was forgotten in the make
up Of the splendid dinner. 1t rarely
is when Chief Cushncr has anything
to do with it.
The supper was the elimination
of membership campaign contest
but inasmuch as the result was an.
nounced as a tie between the two
opposing teams it was decided to
continue the contest another month.
A class Of seven candidates was
initiated during the evening all Of
ficers for the ensuing year were
elected. The election resulted as FOL-
lows O. J. Laqua, N. G.; Louis Lar
son, v G.; ?. E. Tibbetts, ISc". Sec;
+. r. Iahr, Fin. See; George Mca,
Tl,...; l.. =. Wilson, Trustee.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-11-26
LAKE JULIA SANATORIUlN
BOARD MEETSDECEMDER |
Chest Clinic to Be Held in
Connection With Meeting
at Park Rapids

The regular meeting of the Lake
Julia Tuberculosis Sanatorium board
will be held in Park Rapids Decen,-
Der /. This is the first meeting Of the
board to be held in that town since
the institution was built. Commits.
sioners from Koochiching county and
this county will be present.
At the same time as the meeting is
being held, chest clinic will be held
in Park Rapids. DR.. r. /. Laney Of
the Lake Julia Sanatorium and Dr..
P. A. Hall of the Walker Sanatorium
will conduct the clinic. The Hubbard
county nurse and Miss Beth MacGreg-
Or of Bemidji will be in attendance.
The view box, which has been Sc
cured by The South Beltrami Public
Health association, together with
photographs showing views of normal
organs, also organs in the various
degrees of tubercular disease, which
have been taken in Bemidji and will
be on exhibition at the clinic. Other
photographs, taken by Drs. johnson
G. Borreson of Bemidji will also be
on view and photographs taken at
Walker will be included in the differ
ent views shown.
On December 2, chest clinic will
be held at Akeley, at which DR.. Doug
las of the Walker Sanatorium and
DR.. Goodheart of Akeley will be in
attendance.
The chest clinics which are being
conducted under the auspices Of the
Minnesota Public Health association
over the entire state are proving to
be very valuable from an educational
standpoint, and the work that is be-
ing done by them is helping much in
arresting and preventing tuberculosis.
The sale of Christmas seals, the
proceeds Of which are used for financ-
ing the various clinics, is now on and
will continue until Christmas.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-11-26
ALLEGED LAW BREAKERS
GIVEN HEARINGS TODAY

The examination of Frank North
on a charge Of selling "moonshine
sWhiskey,a before Judge John I. Glib
hons was conducted this morning by
County Attorney Graham M. Tor
rance, and North was bound over to
appear before the grand jury when
it next convencs. 49,
The case of Charles Williams,
charged with conducting a house Of
ill-fame. was before Judge Gibbons
this afternoon as was also the case
of John Slow on charge of selling
"moonshine whiskey."
Hearings will be held for others,
arrested in the cleanup drive, Mon
day and Tuesday.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-11-26
Tells St. Paul Crows France
Would Be Benefited Most
Through Disarmament
HERO OF WAR GIVEN
ROYAL WELCOME TODAY
Marshal Leaves Tonight for
Bismarck Where He Will
Attend Banquet
(By United Press)

st. Paul, No. 26.-"France, having
suffered most in the war, would be
most benefited by disarmament" Mar
shall Foch of France told Governor
Preus, when the latter extended him
welcome to Minnesota today.
France lost 100000 men in the
war. She is ready to disarm on land
and sea when guarantees Of safety
are made" said Foch. )
Foch spoke before q crowd crowd
on Capitol Hill. The French general
was first lauded by Governor Preus.
Preus introduced the subject of dis
armament by saying that America
was willing to make huge sacrifices to
prevent future war. Foch replied in
French. His speech was interpreted
to the crowd.
Thousands in carnival costumes
thronged the Capitol grounds. Ev-
cry conceivable instrument to pro-
ducc noise was used, and red fire and
sparklers lighted the generals way
from the depot to the hotel. F'och
went to Minneapolis for six hours to-
day. @.
One of the Minneapolis papers es-
timated St. Paups welcoming crowd
at 10000 and encouraged Mime
apolis to do better Foch leaves to-
night for Bismarck and then to Seat.
tie. He will not stop at Fargo, but
will stop at Bismarck where members
Of the American Legion are giving a
banquet for him. Philip r. Bangs.
q J IaSs
Rion; Jack Williams, adjutant, and
Adjutant General Fraser will join
the special here and accompany the
marshal across the state.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-11-26
CRoSS-EYED CAT RIDES
TRUCKS ON PASSENGER TRAIN
(By United prcss)


Hoquaim, Wash, Nov. 2G.-Train-
men, ware the black-cat or even one
which has changed it's color from non
descript to black via the coal smoke
process!
SO say trainmen on the short line
running between here and Gray's
Harbor.
"A shaggy, cross-eyed feline, with a
voice like an unoiled car spring, per-
slsts in riding the passenger coach
trucks on every run the local makes.
Decoyed aboard the trucks bv
shifts Of hot axle box, the hobo f.
Dne has made his Tor herr nest on a
spring and gone into winter quarters
where the FRACTIONAL heat knocks the
spots out of Old Man Winters chill
breczes. The tramp cat is blackcned
by coal smoke.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-11-26
BETSY LANE SHEPHERD
APPEARS HERE TUESDAY

Betsy Lane Shepherd, soprano, will
appear in public concert here next
Tuesday evening as the second num-
Der of the Lyceum course which. is
being staged in Bemidji this winter
under the auspices of the Woman's
Study club. The concert will be- given
at the Methodist church, and will be-
gin about o'clock. 8 81 -
Madame Shepherd will be assisted
by Margaret Fowler Forbes, violinist,
who will also take a prominent part
on the program. Clara Crangle will
assist at the piano.
The program arranged for this
concern is varied and gives music
lovers of Bemidji an excellent OPP
portunity to hear and see great ar
fists at nominal charge. The net
proceeds of the series of entertain
1nents will go toward the clubs financ-
ing needy students at the State
Teachers college. -
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HISTORICAL SOCIETY TO i
PRESERVE OLD PAPERS
Early Newspapers P Published in
e. This Section of State to.
Be Preserved

Years AGO many weekly newspapers
flourished in Beltrami county and vi
,cinity, which have since disappeared
and. for the most part, forgotten.
MANY of these old papers make very
interesting reading, however, espe-
cially for those who lived in this COM
n1unity at the time the papers Hour
ished. .. :,
The Northern Minnesota Historical
society, which was formed June 70,
1921, with E. Z. Mcdonald as tenn
porary president Ida Bailey, secre-
tary, has made arrangements to pre-
serve a bound copy OF the various
papers published in the county, and
through the courtesy of Mrs. l.. Il.
Bailey Of Beniidji, who has preserved
them, they have become the property
Of the historical society. A space will
be requested in the public library,
where it is planned that they will be
placed in cabinet.
The papers included are The Bel
trami Eagle the first number of which
appeared April TO-. 1896, with CIV:
Speelman as editor; The Beltranli
County News which appeared Sep
tember S,sl89s, and was edited. by
Martin & christensen; The Bemidji
Pioneer,ysta March 10, 1896, with
Edward Kaiser as editor; Solway
Weekly advocate, which appeared
February 2, 1899, with Paine & Van
dersluis, editors; The Bagley indie
pendent, the first number Of which
IS available being February l, 1899,
with A. R. Butler as it's editor; The
Tenstrike Tribune, which made it's
bow to the public January II, 1901,
under the editorship of c. r. Martin !;
The Turtle River Pine Tree! the first
number of which appeared December
%, 1899. and was edited by G. G..
Knappen.T The Blackjack Times ap-
peared June 21, 1901, with E.. j..
Taylor as editor, and the Blackjack
Acknowledgements II, 1901, with
E. L. Oberg as editor. Mr.. Oberg, is
the present editor Of the paper The
Bagley Times appeared August o.,
1901, with E. N. Falk as editor. The
Bemidji SentineT made its first ap-
pearance November s27, 1901, with
Mcpherson & Ibertson as editors !;
The Mizpah, Message, started by j. +.
Cowan, appeared July 25,3 1902; The
Bridgie Times, E. J. Taylor, editor;
The .Itasca County Record, also pub
al . ,t1t,
and The Farley Telegram, published
(Continued on Page 81