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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-12-29
BESSETTE EXPLAINS !.
LAND CLEARING LAW
fContinilan Frpm Para /

shall be that such Improvement be
done, they shall file in the office Of
the county auditor report establish
ing such improvement and within 10
days after the filing of such report
the county auditor shall give notice
Of q time and place ofreceiving bids
for the making of such improvements
in accordance with statutes governing
such matters.
When the bids are received, and
the contracts awarded, supervision is
to be given from time to time by the
county engineer appointed for the
purpose, and he shall make certifica-
tion in duplicate, one copy of which
Shall be given to the contractor and
the other filed with the county auditor
j, relative to the amount Of work done.
After the letting Of the contracts
the proceedings are practically the
same as i'm the case Of ditch laws.
The ow1e, Of the land. has the
privilege Of bidding on the work Of
clearing his own land If he chooses
and in this way he is given an oppor-
tunity to keep down the cost of the
clearing work to a reasonable figure.
It was pointed out by Senator Bes-
settle that 1t was advisable for the
owner to do this as a matter of pro-
lection against high clearing costs.
Petitions have been filed already in
q st. Louis county for clearing to be
done under this lawsand the results
are being watched with interest to
find what the cost will be for the
clearing of the land in this way. II
the initial contracts in that district
work out satisfactorily,it is expected
that much work vii be started under
the new act in EeltraIa; county, thi:
coming season. 3 tqs Az
The full provisions Of the act ma,
be found under Chapter 155 Of til,
1921 Session Laws passed by the 1872.
legislative session.
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SOCIAL AND PERSONAL
Mr. : EVANS = FNTERTAINs

MRS. EVANS ENTERTAlNS
Mrs. E.. r. Evans entertained a few
friends at her home. 915 Beltrami
avenue, last evening honoring Misses
Ruth and Catherine Richards of sSpo-
kane, Wash. Four tables Of five hum
dred were played during the evening
and lunch was served by the hostess.
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FEDERAL RESERVE HEAD
PREDICTS PROSPERITY

Washington, Dee. 20 By Law
renee Martin The bells that ring
in 1922 will usher in a business re-
viyal that will develop in due course
into "a new era Of prosperity" for the
United States. $ d.
This confident prediction was made
by w. p. G. Harding, governor of the
Federal Reserve Board. Choosing
words with care and weighing his
phrases before uttering them, Har-
ding told what exceptional opportu-
mites recent surveying of national
financial conditions had shown him.
~ Copyrighted 1921 by United Press.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-12-29
HARDING AND HUGHES
WANT SUB CONFERENCE
France Is Determined to Stick
to Demand for Submarines
Despite Criticism
CIV United Press)

Washington, Dec. "a confer
ence Of all nations on limitation OF Of
submarine armament: should the Root
proposal fail, should be held as soon
as possible, in the opinion OF Score
tary Hughes and President Harding,
it was made known today. Harding
and Hughes conferred on this subject
today. Il,
Both believe that if the five big
powers agree to restrict submarine
activities, the other nations should pc
given an opportunity to make similar l'l1
hedges. 55
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-12-29
Twentieth
Century
!. lInsHsd
Laugh With U.s..
Not At U.s.
Common, knowledge

ssTax Returns Show It Is Hard to
PAY Income Tax reads headline:
That's the first time we have heard
that it is necessary for a man to look
IN last years income tax returns to
find out that it's hard to pay. But
the paying Of the income tax isn't
the hardest part of it. "
How About Getting the Money!,
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extensively, It was said, The present
state of friendly relations between
France and England should continue.
France is not aggressive, considering
the serious view which. she believes
should be taken on this question.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-12-29
NJ lark ETs
POTATO, MARKET 7.

Chicago, Dec. 29.-Potato market,
firmer; receipts, 81 cars; total U: >.
shipments, 500 cars; on track, 80 cars,
Northern whites, sacked, $500 to
$500; Red River Ohios, $3.50 to
S1.85: Idaho russets, $40.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-12-29
With the Long Bow

The Keiliher Journal tells US that
"Shufelt & Taylor have sold their
lunch counter to Mr.. and Mrs. William
Garland of Bows, Manitoba, who pro-
pose to embark in the regular restau-
rant business and are wished success. !"
They certainly have our best wish
es also.
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An Exception to the Rule

The only person more obnoxious
than the chap who boasts Of taking
q bath every morning is the chap who
boasts Of taking a cold bath every
morning. s.5. 81. ,ssS
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y They'll Need Them
All in the Family.

What happened to a man who mar
riedt his lnother-in-alw is shown in an
article taken from the Madison Coun-
ty Democrat. The marriage of
George e. Bidder, Al, at Cedar Rap
ids, la, last Friday, makes him the
grandfather of six of his children
I and stepfather Of his former wife.
He married his mother-in-law, Mrs.
Julia Davis, 49,. He was divorced a
few weeks ago from Mrs. Eva Baacp,
daughter Of his new wife and mother
of the six little Baders. !"
Complications Set In
Singly or Doubly
One who ought to know declares
that roll stockings are much like repu-
tations lizard to keep up. We imagine
it would be hard to keep them both
up at the same time.
Amt Nature Grand9
The Chosen Few
When you see two fellows nodding
: wisely at each other and then looking
pityingly on the rest of the crowd,
you can easily guess that they've
just read Thomas Edison's statement
that only two men in hundred are
intelligent.
They Believed H Tim
Cheap at Half the Price
An economist has figured it out
that the average wife is worth $3.50
a day. The nine cents is doubtless
the luxury tax. And along comes a
married man and asks "Who to-"
You Tell EN-
Best Is None Too Good
A Canadian writer declares that
the world is now safe for democracy
hut it's still good IDEA to hire the
best lawyer you can get.
-AintIt a Fac?
An Exception to the Rule
The only person more obnoxious
than the chap who boasts Of taking
a bath every morning is the chap who
boasts Of taking a cold bath every
morning. ia. g55 /. .=. s@5
Don't Boast
Safety First
The little boy, whose grandmother
spectacles magnify, prefers that sht
take them off while cutting his piec,
Of cake. And that same little boy.
ambition is to wash his mothers ears
r ',nember?- a
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Reward for return of henna silk
scarf left at New Armory Monday
night No questions asked. Phone
5762 call at 507 Fourth street.
ss. HIPPO
The Washington herald., 1921-10-01
WANTS RUM CASES
In SUPREME COURT
Lawyer Asks for Change
From Jurisdiction of
Police Bench.

Violations Of the prohibition act
will be tried in the District Supreme
Court hereafter In place of -thee pe-
lice court IL the plea of Attorney
Wampler for a change In jurisdic-
tion of courts yesterday before
Judge Mcmahon in police court is
approved.
Federal jurisdiction, which in
Washington lies in the District Su-
preme Court, is required of all pro-
hibition act violations. according to
decisions of the District Court of
Appeals, Wampler argued yesterday.
If the plea is successful it will
serve to unload a huge number or
liquor cases from the police cour,
docket, which is declared to be filled
beyond hope of immediate relief.
The test case was brought up by
Attorney Wampler in the case OF
Thomas Wright, proprietor Of "a
near beer saloon between B and c
streets on Four-and-a-haIf street
southwest, and Charles Langvein,
the bartender. charged with selling
and possessing liquor on September
26. } He withdrew a plea of not
guilty for his clients and substituted
a special plea to the Jurisdiction of
the police court.
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Funeral of J. NJ. Hartman
In Charlottesville Todau

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va, Sept.
so. NJ. Hartman, aged II. a re-
tired farmer and miller Of this city,
died yesterday at the home of his
son. Lewis Hartman, in Uhrichsville,
Ohio, after long illness. The body
Will reach here at noon tomorrow,
and the funeral will be held at ;
o'clock at the Lutheran church.
Mr.. Hartman, a native of woos-
ter. Ohio. came to Virginia when a
youth. He first married Miss Mary
Bohanberger. of Fort Wayne, Ind.
OF that union. four children survive
Daniel and Samuel Hartman, Of New
Philadelphia. Ohio: Lewis Hartman,
OF Uhrichsville. Ohio, and Mrs. Emma
Coyner. wife Of the Rev. f. T. Coy
ner. Of Los Angeles. Cal. His Sec
ond wife was Mrs. Susie Booth, of
this city, by whom he had three
children-Frank Hartman, of Kan
sas City. Mo-: Leonard Hartman, of
this city. and Mrs. Stella Merz, of
Washington, D. c. He also leaves
one brother, William Hartman. of
Cincinnati. and three sisters-Mrs.
Henry Balz and Mrs. Charles
of this city, and
Mrs. Louis Rinsland. of Richmond.
The Washington herald., 1921-10-01
BIdnies His Crime
On Man NOlD Dead

William Douglas. a colored hos
tier, who was charged with stealing
SIS worth of harness from the
stable of Edward F. Girton, in the
rear Of Twenty-third and L streets
northwest. on February 4 last, at
tempted to pass the, buck" on to q
dead man yesterday in Police Court,
but was himself passed" on to the
workhouse for a term of six months
on a larceny charge.
The accused admitted having the
harness in his possession and at
tempting to sell 1t. but claimed he
was acting as agent for a man who
is now dead, and who really, ac-
cording to Douglas, stole the har-
ness. The court took no stock
whatever in the story and imposed
sentence. Douglas was recognized
as the alleged thief by Policeman
Arlington, of the Third precinct.
who served a warrant on the col
ored man for speeding.
The Washington herald., 1921-10-01
In AIbemdrIe Episcopal
Churches, IS Are Empty

CHARLOTTESVILLE. Va. Sept.
3o.-At the fall meeting Of the Abe
marie convocation OF the Episcopal
Church, now in session At St. Peuis
Church. Ivy, this county, Charles A.
Page, of Richmond. brought TO the
attention Of the body the fact that
there are now nineteen empty
churches in the diocese. all OF them
calling for lay help until they can be
ministerially provided.
Members Of the convocstion present
at the session include the Rev. d.
Campbell Mayors, Of Greenwood.
dean; the Rev. r. s. Litsinger. OF
Orange, treasurer: the Rev. Charles
Monroe. of Mineral. secretary; the
Rev. W. Roy Mason, Of Charlottes-
vile: the Rev. c. A. Lang. Of Cor
louisville; the Rev. Robert W. Lewis.
OF Mission Home; the Rev. Elliott
B. Meredith, Of Scottsville: the Rev.
Roberts Coles. Of Charlottesville: the
Rev. Frederick W. Neve. d. D.. OF
Ivy; the Rev. Noble c. Powell and
the Rev. II. II. williams. Of the
University OF Virginia; the Rev. NAL
colin Taylor, OF Lydia. and the Rev.
F. L. Robinson. Of Cismont.
The Washington herald., 1921-10-01
REFUSES MARTIN
WRIT OF FREEDOM
District Court Hands Down
Decision Against Lamar's
Alleged Partner.

Henry B. Martin, alleged partner
of David Lamar, the "woh of Wall
Street who was convicted with the
latter In the New York courts of
Joint charge Of fomenting
strikes in the munition plants dur
ing the war, lost the first skir-
mish Of his fight yesterday to keep
from serving a sentence of eight
months in the local jail.
Justice Wendell P. Stafford In
Circuit Court refused to release
Martin on a writ OF habeas corpus
sued out by Attorney Henry r,
Davis on the alleged ground that
his client was being Illegally de
tained because, the attorney con-
tended. that section of the Sherman
antitrust law, under which Martin
was convicted. was repealed before
the Appellate courts had confirmed
the sentence.
Originally Martin was sentenced
to serve a year in a New Jersey
Jail but President Harding COM
muted the sentence to eight months
and the department designated the
Washington Jail as the place of
confinement. Attorney Davis noted
an appeal to the Court of Appeals
and Martin was permitted to remain
at liberty under 5000 bond.
The Washington herald., 1921-10-01
TRAFFIC VIOLATION
COSTS NEGRO $50
Herman c. Brown Sentenced
To Fine or Fifty Days
In Prison.

Herman c. Brown, colored, who
was chased by Policeman F. r.
Knapp from Thirteenth and Irving
streets northwest TO Sherman ave-
nue. and Harvard streets at an al
legged rate of 20 miles an hour, and
according to the policeman, disre-
garding nearly all traffic regula-
tions, was fined $50 yesterday in
Police Court by Judge Mattingly
and in default sentenced to serve
so days in jail.
The policeman claimed that
Brown cut corners, drove on the
wrong side of the street, refused to
stop when ordered to do so, drove
without proper Identification tags
and did not show a permit when
finally halted-all at the rate of
20 per. .-
Joseph NJ. Coleman, who differed
in opinion with Policeman William
Bailey over the speed of his. auto
mobile. was fipSd $50. The police
man claimed that Coleman was do
ing 81 miles an hour. but the ac-
cused contended that he was doing
but 81. The arrest occurred on Ala
lama avenue southeast, on Septem-
Der IL.
The Washington herald., 1921-10-01
Tries to Sell ReUOLUer
To District Policeman

Because Judge Mcmahon. of the
United States branch of the Police
Court, would not believe that any
man would purposely approach a
policeman on the street and offer to
sell a pistol. he placed Stanley II.
Hayles, 2 sign painter. on probation
yesterday on a charge of carrying
concealed weapons.
Hayles was arrested by Police
man Hollanda of the Tenth precinct.
The evidence showed that Hayles
approached the policeman, who was
in plain clothes, and took a gun out
of his pocket and offered to sell it
and was locked up. The court also
took into consideration the fact
that Hayles was more or less under
the influence of, liquor at the time
and had a previous good record
He was employed at a shop at 631
G. street northwest. and was imme-
diately. re-employed upon his re-
lease
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Of the premises. Then, being in
formed that the Ball rent act was
not valid, its constitutionality not
being established until April OF this
year, they signed -stipuiations with
the landlord agreeing that Judgment
might be entered against them with
the proyiso that there be a stay Of
execution until October. 1921.
The date Of the hearing has not
yet been set.
The Rent Commission has already
held that the judgments given by the
Municipal Court at that time in favor
Of landlords are Of no effect and
must be vacated, but the question
Of an agreement reached outside of
court and signed by both tenant and
landlord has not yet been passed
upon. whichever way they hold. 1t
will likely be used as a precedent
in many similar cases.
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counted for 80 per cent. In a third,
eleven out OF forty-three models ac-
counted for 90 per cent Of the sales.
while the sales of twenty-five of the
remaining models ranged from
three-tenths of l per cent down
to two one-thousandths of per
cent Most OF the multiplicity OF
models seems to represent the man
ufacturer's report to entice a little
additional business-business that
must be improbable on such a
minute scale.
'All large clothing houses have
always done a considerable amount
of making for stock during the
slack seasons; they have simply re-
duced their production to so per
cent or 80 per cent of normal. An
intelligent study of their sales
would enable them safely to make
for stock up to their full normal
output throughout the year. The
great. bulk of sales, II per cent of
mems sack suits and SO per cent of
young mems, concentrate on the So
called regular forms and largely
on five sizes.
The Washington herald., 1921-10-01

AIDED BY POLICE,
MAKE GREAT HAUL
Phillip Goldblatt Arrest
ed After Taking Marked
Money From Agent.
WAS MAIN SUPPLY
Principal Source of Illegal Ap-
paratus Is Belief Of
Authorities.

with the seizure OF thirty-ous
whisky stills during a daylight rnie
on the hardware store OF Fhfiiip
Goldblatt, Isz3 Pennsylvania ave.
nue. northwest, yesterday afternoon,
officials Of the Interval Revenue
Department believe they have
cleaned up the main source for the
sale Of implements 10 person desir-
ing to violate the Volstead act by
manufacturing Intoxicating liquors
In this city.
The stills. having . capacity of
from five to twenty gallons. be-
sides thirty-eight copper coils and
other psraphenslis used In the dis
tilling Of liquor. were taken. Gold
blatt was arrested and taken before
Commissioner Hit later in the af-
ternoon- He was charged win
manufacturing and selling stills
and was released on $1,000 bond
His hearing was set fer Thursday.
October 6. g
While Precinct Detectives Mur-
ply and Barbee and q squad Of
policemen from the Third police
station surrounded the building.
members Of the flying squadron
Of Major Haynes, prohibition COM
missioner, entered the store and
approached Goldblatt, negotiated
for the purchase OF q still. As the
marked money was handed the
store proprietor for the still. which
according 20 arrangements, was 70
be delivered, . signal was given by
the revenue men. Police on the
outside closed In on the store. seiz-
ing the stills and RrreFtinR Gold
blatt.
For some time. officials Of the
Revenue Department have received
complaints relative TO the sale OF
whisky stills and yesterday traced
a sale to the hardware store. The
raid was carefully planned.
The Washington herald., 1921-10-01
TENANTS TEST AGREEMENT
MADE BEFORE COURT RULED
Question Legality of Contract Signed While
Ball Rent Act Was Pending.

On the ground that when they
made an agreement to vacate their
apartments the validity Of the BAH
rent act was pending In court two
tenants yesteraay-a4 petitions with
the Rent Commission to retain their
leases. ..s.a -=r..' = -.
The cases are those Of J. Fl. Ban
croft and Timothy Murphy. tenants
of the Lamber apartments. 1871
Lanier place northwest, against Allan
z. Walker.
The petitioners set forth that the
landlord, in December. 1920. gave
them thirty days notice to vacate.
When they failed to do so, suit was
entered on February 4 of this year
in the Municipal Court for possession
The Washington herald., 1921-10-01
THOMAS PEARSON
GRANTED NEW TRIAL

WINCHESTER. Va. Sept. TO-
Thomas Pearson. found guilty by q
Clarke County grand jury a year ago
Of causing the death OF Charles
Longerbeam, a companion. has been
granted a new trial by the Supreme
Court of Appeals.
The attorney general in reading
the record is understood to have ex-
pressed the opinion that the record
contained nothing to show that a
crime had been committed. This
point was made by counsel for the
defense at the trial. Longerbeam
died suddenly at a roadside. after
slighting from a wagon. He and
Pearson are said TO hare had a dis
pute over money matters. and the
latter was arrested shortly after
Longerbeam's funeral
The Washington herald., 1921-10-01
MEMS CLOTHING
MAKERS WASTE
$75O,OOO A DAY
Engineer Council Report
Shows Lax Methods in
Big Industry.
CAUSES OF THE LOSS
Variety of Styles, Seasonal
Work and Labor Strikes
Blamed.
CAUSES OF THE LOSS

Savings of s75o.ooo a day and ga
40 per cent pickup in effective
ness" are possible in the mems
re eadymade clothing industry, IL is
said by the American, Engineering
Councils committee on elimination
of waste in industry. made public
yesterday. The report contains the
results of a national investigation
of this industry. This work af-
fcrds a livelihood for 100000
Americans.
Seasonal shutdowns were found
to be the most prolific source Of
idleness and waste
Nine Hours Wasted.
This seasonal irregularity ac-
counts, on the average. for nine
wasted hours in every working
week." says the report. "At least
ten hours more are thrown away on
energy-wasting and time-wasting
shop methods,-while another two
or three hours can easily be gained
by cutting out unnecessary work"
Bad Sales Policy.
The report continues: The most
fundamental cause of waste is the
traditional fear-inspired. order-en-
ticing sales policy which expresses
itself in wide variety. and its at
tendant make-to- order basis OF
manufacturing. The trend in re-
cent years, due TO the desire of the
manufacturers to stimulate addi-
tional demand and their fear oi
losing ground to competitors, has
been toward an increasing number
OF styles Of young men suits and
Of varieties of cloth. One concern
ir recent season offered It's Gus
toners twenty-nine stock models OF
sack-suits and also made up suits
in fourteen special models designed
by certain customers.
Each OF these was offered in
three styles of lining construction,
three combinations of lining ma
terial and in nearly 1,l00 varieties
of cloth. Thus each purchaser had
free choice among 27S.ooo possible
combinations"
Small Lot Making.
Small lot manufacture, it is said,
wastes about one-fifth of all the
operatives time. Excessive variety
of product and the seIl-then-make
manufacturing policy block effective
planning and administration OF fac
tory work, causing idleness and
other wastes.
Investigation OF representative
plants in New York. Chicago and
Baltimore showed that seasonal
punching of production into two
short periods each year resulted an
average plant utilization over a pc
riod of three years OF only 60 per
cent OF a possible maximum. At the
depth of recent slack seasons this
waste has run as high as so per
| cent
Variety in styles.
Excessive variety in styles largely
dictate the chief cause of seasonal
unemployment, says the report
which declares that study of sales
statistics indicates that neither
the consuming public nor the deal
ers really demand such excessive
| variety"
In one case, eleven out of thirty
one sack-suits models accounted for
1874 per cent of the total sales. In
| another, nine out of twenty-five
models accounted for "a per cent of
the sales, and one model alone ac-
The Washington herald., 1921-10-01
AUTO STRIKES COW;
PLUNGES OVER BANK

EVANSVILLE. Nd, Sept. So
Six people were injured yesterday
when an automobile in which they
were riding struck q cow near
stoyestown and plunged over an en-
bankment The injured were Mr..
and Mrs. John Keltz. Jeanette, Pa. (;
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Fred Fowler and son
Fred and daughter Hean. Of Lgonier,
Pa. They were en- route to Bedford.