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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-05-22
herman ACTIVE CHAIRMAN
OF COUNTY REPUBLICANS

E., B. Berman of the Berman
agency returned Saturday night from
business trip to the Twin Cities.
He has been gone about a week and
while in St. Paul conferred with
Governor Prcus with regard to the
appointment Of a probate judge for
Bcltrami county.
Mr.. Berman is chairman. Of the Re-
publican County Committee and is
making a good one, taking consider
able interest in the affairs of his
party in this section of the state.
When there is work to do, Mr.. Ber-
man is on the job and takes care of
matters personally, rather than by
correspondence.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-05-22
BEMlDN CITY SQUAD 49,
DEFEATS CASS LAkERS
Locals Add Another Victory;
Claude Bailey Wins Hat
for Longest Hit

Bemidji's city baseball team hung
up another victory Sunday after.
noon by defeating the Cass Lake
city team by score of 8 to at the
fair grounds, with fair-sized crowd
in attendance. At the first of the
ninth, the score stood to 4 in ia
vor of Bemidji. The Cass Lakers
then staged batting rally and came
within one point of making the score
a tie.
This game was not a pitchers bat.
tie by any means, Melhouse and
Hubbard each taking whirl on the
mound for Bemidji and sandy
Bloomquist of Cass Lake holding out
for the entire two and a half hours,
the time necessary to complete the
game.
The game Jagged somewhat be.
tween innings, but every inning was
crammed with sensational plays on
both sides Alex Shavitch's hat,
offered as prize for the longest hit,
goes to Claude Bailey. He placed
one in deep center field. Frank
Phibbs was close contender for
the prize but his hit fell few feet
short Of Bailey's. Phibbs, however,
'as called out by the umpire for
kting first base in his anxiety to
Netch the hit to a homer.
= Cass Lake scored one in the Sec
ond, one in the third, two in the
fourth, and three in the ninth. Be-
midi scored three in the second, two
in the third, two in the fourth and
one In the seventh. Charles Perry
CONTINUED on Page 81
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-05-22
HEALTH CRUSADE BANNERS
RECEIVED BY SUPERINTENDENT

County Superintendent j. c: NC
Chez has received the two Health
Crusade banners to be presented, one
to District No. Fl, B0ena Vista
school, and the other to Unorganlzed
Territory, School No. "a, Mrs. Edna
M. johnson, teacher. The latter
school is known as the Conklin school,
and is situated about eight miles:
southwest of Williams. Beltraml
county being so large has two divi-
sions, hence a banner for a school IN
each end of the county having the
highest score.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-05-22
THREE PERSONS KILLED
IN SOUTHWEST STORMS

Oklahoma City, May 22--Three
persons were reported killed and sew
eral injured in tornadoes and cloud
bursts that swept the southwest Sum-
day night. The storm toll:
O'Keen, Okla. Two women re-
ported killed in tornado.
Shawnee Okla,-One women in
jured.
Southern Kansas-Property dam
aged from cloudbursts.
Damage from wind storms at Win.
field.
Walnut Springs, Texas-Tornadc
cloudbursts and storms in Sommer
vile county did considerable damage
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-05-22
WORK BEGUN ON NEW CITY IT.
LIVERY BARN ON IRVINE AVE

The old City Livery barn at the
corner of Third street and Irvine
avenue has been torn down and q
new structure is to be erected there
at once by DR.. D. r. Burgess, ex-
cavation having started this morning.
1T will be two story stucco struct-
ure with full basement, and will be
great improvement to. that part Of
the city. a"'t - =
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-05-22
! Picking Winning Lists Proves
. Hard Job in Pioneer "B"
Word Picture Puzzle
MISS soNsTRUD's LIST
AWARDED FIRST PRIZE
Contest Considered Successful
and Large Number of Fine
Lists Were Entered

The "B" Word P re Puzzle
Contest is over, am a contest
it was! It was spleh> ~ every
angle. The lists wereN &s.jfact
they were so close thatA the
Judges days to 60 over the ',
der to judge the winners.
The contestants are to be CORY,
ulated, even those who did not \
prizes turned in some fine lists. X
The splendid list of new subscrip-
tions received by the contestants to
the Daily Pioneer was indeed graft
flying and our only regret is that
there were not prizes for all who
took such keen interest in the cam
paign.
So many Of the contestants were a
little lax in making up their list by
naming conditions instead of objects,
such as brave, bright and better.
However as good as all the lists
were, the judges were unanimous
in their choice of the ten winners.
In each instance there was no room
for doubt as to who the actual win
ner was. They all deserved the
prizes awarded them and the Pioneer
is pleased,to distribute the following
prizes as awarded by the judges, A.
D. Johnson, George w. Rhea and A.
V. Garlock.
The key list as supplied by the Pic
ture Puzzle Co. contains 296 words.
First prize was awarded to Miss
Ava Sonstrud, 100 America avenue
with PA words; second prize, Mil
ton Schadegg, 11OS Beltrami avenue
$50 words; third prize, Mrs: George
Rosback, &513 Beltrami: avenue 277
words; fourth prize, Ella Colt, 407
America avenue, 268 words; fifth
prize, F. S. Chamberlin, 103 Irwin
avenue, 253 words; sixth prize,
George Kirk, Jr., 1109 Lake Boule-
vard,, 252 words; seventh prize,
George Peterson, Solway, 239 words
eighth prize, Mrs. j. G. Hardness,
Greene, Iowa, 237 words; ninth prize,
Nina L. Garlock, ITO Bemidji ave-
nue., 227 words; and tenth prize,
Mrs. Harry Price, SOC Mississippi
avenue, 224 words.
Those receiving honorable mention
and who submitted especially good
lists were as follows: Harold Grotte,
SOC Mississippi avenue, Leona Ber-
geson, Fourth street and Wood ave-
nue., Nymore: Irene Buick, Route 2,
Bemidji; Miss Agnes Preston, JOG
Mississippi avenue; and Virginia Wit
ting, 803 Douglas avenue, Minneap-
oils.
Judges Decision
We hereby certify that the awards
made are true and correct to our best
knowledge and belief and that we
have rendered such decision after a
careful examination of the lists sub
mitted. George w. Rhea, A. v. Gar
lock, A. D. Johnson.
The Pioneer wishes herewith to
extend it's appreciation to all who so
earnestly entered into the campaign
and expresses regre that there were
not enough prizes to award every
contestant.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-05-22
ORDER OF EASTERN STAR
PLANS SPECIAL MEETING

The Order of Eastern Star will
hold a special meeting tomorrow
evening at o'clock at the Masonic
hall at which there will be initiation
of candidates, and it is desired that
all members be present. An invita-
ton has been extended to the Walk
er and Cass Lake chapters. The bust
ness meeting will be succeeded by a
social hour and the serving Of re-
freshments.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-05-22
N. B. NELSON INJURED AT
HIBBINC SOMETIME SUNDAY

A message received in Bemidji
yesterday told of a serious accident
at .Hibbing to N. B. Nelson, a mem
Der of the firm of McKinnon & Mel
son, road contractors. The car in
which he was driving in some man.
ner fell from a viaduct, and the mes
sage stated that Mr., Nelson was
seriously injured. Naish Mckinnon
and Mrs. Nelson left for Hibblng
in response to the message.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-05-22
BEMIDJI ALL.STARS WIN
OVER CLEARBROOK SQUAD

The Bemidji All-Stars defeated the
Clesrbrook bas ball team Sunday by
a score of to 4. Frank Formanek
pitched the first four innings for
the Bemidji team, while Ed Anger
completed the game. Anger pitched
II strike-outs in the FIVE innings he
held the mound. Percy Riggs COM
pleted the battery. George German
made the longest hits of the game.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-05-22
SUNDAY BRINGS MORE
CAMPERS TO BEMlDJ]

The following people registered
at Diamond Point Sunday IA.
Bryant, - Des lsMoines,, Iowa; E. j.
Franklin,@ St. Paul; Peter Wiskrtrain,
Minneapolis; and Bud Fritz and wife,
Minneapolis
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-05-22
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS TO
MEET WEDNESDAY NIGHT

The Knights Of Columbus will meet
Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock at
the X. C. hall for their regular BUSH
ness meeting. 1t is urged that all
members be present.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-05-22

The Pioneer Is the only daily
within 100 miles of Bemidji and
has the largest circulation IN
Northern Minnesota. ...
The Washington herald., 1922-05-29
To Hear a Bird Sing.

IN strange missions men sometimes ;ournev
~ to tar countries. The Manchester Guardian
announces the> arrival in England this month Of
Dr. Casey Wood, distinguished American orni
hoiogst, who crossed the Atlantic for the sole pur
pose Of hearing the nightingale sing in its native
haunts He has just completed two-year sojourn
IN South America, where he made an intensive
study of bird life
1t seems peculiar indeed that any man should
sail over 5000 miles of water to hear bird sing
Does the celebrated nightingale warble more sweet
y than many of American birds? Is there
swceter music from wild life anywhere in the world
than can be heard any sunrise in nearby Virginia
and Maryland thickets when the whole chorus of
leatnered creatures starts singing at once?
Yet many Americans who would not stop to
listen to their native songsters would be enraptured
by the plaintive voice of the European bird in viii
lage groves after sunset. The reason is that the
nightingale has established reputation 1t is the
grand opera diva of brdand
Hardly British poet since Chaucer who has
not devoted some inspired to the praise of
this singer 1t has been so we'll advertised in other
words. that people will come from afar to hear its
concerts. Eventually, we hope. some American bird
will have established as high a reputation through
out the world. But first must come an American
Shakespeare and American Milton to sing its
praises
But the mere fact that any man would cross
an ocean to hear bird sing in itself calls atten-
tion to the unrivaled beauty of tree-top voices
especially when combined in great choirs of har-
mony 1t is the loveliest music nature affords in
the scheme of the universe. Such an incident en-
phasizes the value of the bird to humanity over
and above its utilitarian purpose as destroyer of
inspects.
The Washington herald., 1922-05-29
From a Suburbanite.

To the Editor, The Washington Herald:
The pros and cons of daylight
saving are numerous. The District
is in a state of confusion. due to
the fact that the so-called day
light saving" is strictly adhered to
by some Of the large business
houses and. of course, the govern
ment departments. while other
places of business have reverted to
the old standard set by Father
Time since the world began.
have read your articles in the
Open Court letters for and against
this much mooted question and
from the reading thereof and from
the many complaints l have heard
against il / would say that the
ratio of ten to one against IT would
not be exaggerated. I for one am
against 1t. am a suburbanite and
come in contact with a great many
out of town government workers,
upon which the government TO no
little degree depends for Its help.
Many of these workers, to my per-
sonal knowledge, have to arise as
early as 4:30 in order to carry out
their duties which must be per-
formed before they take their train
for work in the d. c.
would like to know II r. X.
Fravel has a small garden to work
in. such as he speaks OF, and II he
has other numerous duties besides
get his own breakfast before ne
arrives at his office. i think all
will agree that the beautiful morn
ing daylight is not wasted by the
farmers, who, for the most part.
arise with the sun and do most OF
their chores before noon. Mr. r.
II. F., / think. would find 1t a real
hardship to work around in dew
drenched weeds and grass II ne
were a real farmer, which the pres
ent change has made necessary II
the farmer gets his produce to town
in time for the opening OF restau-
rants, hotels. etc.
The restaurants and hotels are
also very much up against IT, as
the question of keeping help an
hour or two longer each day Is
problematical. OF course. those VINO
do not have such problems to con-
front them know nothing of their
seriousness. To my mind II Is an
extremely selfish viewpoint to take
to say that those who, in many
cases now are overworked, snail
get UP an hour or more carrier 10
nroyide conveniences for those
who already have much more time
than is necessary for enjoying thelS
hobbies and recreation. l say let
his bkother. the hard worker nave
his\ hour to spend In sleep he
faals ~ necessary,
Conservation of energy Is more
to the point IL we government
workers and suburbanites put iortn
our best efforts and give enicleh'
,,orr C. r. T.
The Washington herald., 1922-05-29
Prohibition Statistics.

To the Editor. The Washington Herald:
Reference is made to Mr.. Her
rick's letter, Case for Prohibition" 4"
printed May Is. in which he uses
alleged government figures in sup
port of prohibition. He states that
every man. woman and child in the
United States drank 3.0l gallons of
liquor in 1920. according to my in
terpretation. On the basis of the
legal limit of a prescription pint
every ten days for a year-4:56
gallons-it would seem that every
one came near obtaining the full
amount allowable.
Because government figures show
less per capita consumption means
little. 1t is assumed the govern
ment figures are based on known
legal Withdrawals or sales. 1t
would be idle to argue that legal
sales represent the entire drinking
business.
Further, a reduced consumption
doesn't necessarily mean reduced
drunkenness.
/ fail to see. therefore, that Mr..
Herrick has disproved Mr.. Gompers
claim.
CONSISTENCY.
The Washington herald., 1922-05-29
Cork on Communism.

COMMUNISM does not produce great artists.
" With all the state subsidies which the
Soviet government in Russia has provided for
poets, fiction writers and dramatists the culture of
the country is mediocre and poverty stricken.
Russia's outstanding literary genius today as
before the war; is Maxim Cork who now is in
PRACTICAL exile One of the bitterest foes of the
old order. an .iconoclast and a reformer this man
at first supported the Lenin regime with all the
fire and skill of his genius. But he soon found
that his individuality, essential for the produc
tion OF worthwhile literature, was stifled He
found that he had less opportunity for the express
sion OF his burning thoughts if such condition
were possible, than he did when the Cars secret
service men trailed his footsteps
So today Cork follows his career in a land
where genius is not restricted. In Dutch news
paper RECENTLY he unburdened himself of his opin-
ions on Sovetism and gave his own explanation
OF the character of the much misrepresented Rus
The Washington herald., 1922-05-29
Undiscovered Lands.

THE surface of earth and sea has been trav-
eled extensively that scant prospect re-
mains for discovery of new land. For centuries
explorers have steered ships into far corners of the
ocean with the result that every barren rock, it
would seem, has been charted Now comes an
American with the claim that, purely by accident,
he discovered six unknown islands in the South
of the United States.
r.. 1t is fascinating to speculate on how much un-
discovered land may remain. How long can ad-
venturous sailors emulate the exploits of the men
who first crossed the Atlantic, the men who en-
tered the white depths of the Arctic and Antarctic
and the men who first charted the innumerable
green dots that the Pacific?
The Atlantic Ocean, it would seem, contains
no more uncharted isles 1t has been surveyed too
thoroughly. Too long have ocean liners crossed
its every path Despite legends of lost Atlantis
and occasional tales of great, green patches of
floating weeds and moss it is improbable that even
a protruding rock exists entirely aside from the
knowledge of geographers
But the Pacific still is an ocean of mystery.
True it has been pretty thoroughly explored But
1t has great where ships seldom venture
Who can tell what may lie in obscure corners of
this ocean? 1t is doubtful if anything of any real
value remains. But human curiosity never will be
satished while there remains the possibility of un-
discovered land
Even that extensive, uncxplored Antarctic con-
tnent whose interior no man knows affords in
tense interest Doubtless more men will struggle
and die in efforts to penetrate its white vastness
and learn for themselves what treasures its snow
mountains hold by which the wealth of mankind
can be increased
The discovery announced from Honolulu proves
that this globe itself still has rewards for the ex-
piorer-that it not yet is necessary to seek means
OF reaching far-away stars with rockets to win a
place in the ranks of the old seafarers who laughed
IN the face OF devils they pushed their frail
prows into unknown seas
The Washington herald., 1922-05-29

sian peasant Probably no man living is better
able to paint the soul of the submerged masses.
He describes the Russian countryman as ignof-
ant, superstitious and cruel. He denies that any
great religious fervor distinguishes the people. He
tells of and women who are lazy dull and
reactonary-a people whose lives are fashioned
solely according to the dictates of impulse And
this comes from a man who has devoted his life to
the uplift of the peasants and time after time
risked JAIL Siberia or the executioner because of
his efforts.
At the time Mr.. Cork believes that the
future belongs to the peasants. He describes the
Boishevist government a control exercised from
the cities, which viewed with greatest hatred
and contempt by the farmers With all their faults
ne says, the country people are individualists
They could not understand the Communist theories
even IT they wcreN minded Instinct tells each
man to grab all he can, pay no attention to the
suferngs of his neighbor, and to give up anything
ne has only when forced to do so at the point of
bayonet This is Russia's heritage from centuries
of misrule -
In fact. Mr.. Cork thinks that Communism. if
" ever were practical at all, could be applied sue
eessiuliy only among intelligent and thoughtful
people lie thinks that it is no more applicable in
Nussia than in pigpen-that the peasants like
SWINE will crowd each other away from the bran
mash and garbage and take no thought if the
weaker starve
The Washington herald., 1922-05-29
In Re "Col. Degman."

+" the Editor. The Washington Herald:
II is a most astonishing revela-
tion to learn from Sam Simple in
the Open Court that his good friend
Degman is colonel. / cannot con-
ceive how a man who achieved that
rank could pen such slurring re-
marks against the men of the reg
ular army. The fact that Degman
was colonel does not in any way
mitigate his offense Of casting un-
due reflection upon the character
Of the men in the service TODAY
Instead, il merely reveals the ma
terial of which some officers in the
National Guard must be made Of
judging from the action of one of
their colonels
II the Fort Myer sergeant made
a general statement against the
members of the National Guard he
should have been checked up. 1
find no fault with Degman for
doing that. But when he makes a
counter charge striking at the very
characters of the men in the regu-
lar army, and not at the service
they rendered in comparison with
men of other organized forces, he
is not playing the game fairly. Be
sides. IL Fort Myer was faulty in
his accusations il must be remem-
bered that he is only a sergeant.
while Degman is a colonel and
should have some respect for the
customs and traditions of the mill
tary service.
THE CAVALIER.
The Washington herald., 1922-05-29
Natures Time.

To the Editor. The Washington Herald:
When will the clocks be turned
one hour ahead? 1 have struggieo
and struggled until / am fairiy
wriggy in the head trying to take
time by the topknot, as 1t were,
and believe that one hour Is the
following hour-or is 1t wee versa
When the clocks are turned an
hour ahead how can the sun-dials
be turned? Everyone seems TO
have overlooked that question.
And the ships at sea. They have
always moved with the tide. w ii
that also be vice versa, AMI tine
tide now move with the ships?
have tried, as have we all, not
only to walk, but to perform any
other activity in my sleep. GOOD
progress has been made. only
few DAYS since a young school boy
reported that he simply read over
his problems, went to sleep ana
in the morning knew the answers.
Since we are being so success
full in saving an hours time a day.
I suggest that beginning next jan
uary 1, and each January l there
after, the clocks be moved twenty
four hours ahead. thereby saving
an entire day of time. Just consid-
er. In 365 years an entire year OF
time would be saved.
After We have convinced the worio
that time has changed its course
and that whatever time 1t Is. 1t
isn't, except in the fall. when 1t Is
vice versa. then the sun and moon
may easily be swayed from their
courses and time and tide (shades
of Canute and Mrs. Partington). Will
wait for any man.
A DAYLIGHT SAVING SOMNAMBU-
LIST -
The Washington herald., 1922-05-29
D.. c. Trucks in Maryland.

To the Editor, The Washington Herald:
beg the use of your columns to
protest against the action here
Wednesday of State constable
who arrested the driver of an auto
mobile owned by a Washington
merchant who sent his trNck here
to deliver $40 worth of hardware
a Seat Pleasant man had purchased
from him. The machine had never
been in Maryland before and there
fore had no State tag. The store
at which the driver was to deliver
the goods is 200 yards north Of the
Maryland State line. Before cross
ing the line he asked several per-
sons whether il would be safe to
do so and was told that II would.
After delivering the goods he
started for Washington. but was
arrested by a constable and taken
before the local magistrate, who
fined him $40 and held the machine
Washington and get the money
from his employers.
1t has been the custom for more
than four years TO allow machines
coming here on business trips, to
church gatherings or to the rail-
way station, which is in Maryland.
to cross the line whether they had
Maryland tags or not. This rule
was established four years ago by
Judge Taft and has been followed
by his successor until last wednes-
day. The road on which the Wash
inEton man was arrested is about
three city blocks in length and
runs from the station of the Chesa-
peake Beach Railroad to Chapel
street bridge. 1t has never been a
State road and there is doubt that
It is even a county road. Not a
dollars worth of work has been
done on it for two years. Two
years ago the late Francis s. Car
mody got the county commission
ers to join him in spreading a coat
of cinders over 1t. The cost was
IS. of which Mr.. Carmody paid
half. No one was allowed to use
a State road without a Maryland
tag.
Is II any wonder the merchants
of Washington do not cater to
Maryland trade? The man who
sends his truck here only once a
year must buy q Maryland tag. a
The Washington herald., 1922-05-29

drivers license and an identifica-
ton card. costing SIS. before he
can cross the line. Is il any won
der that Baltimore merchants can
undersell those Of Washington,
whose places OF business are at our
very doors and who ought 10 have
our trade? Is it any wonder that
the community does not build up
ana thrive as il should? We con-
tend that the officer had no right
10 make the arrest or the magis-
trate TO impose the fine because the
onense charged was not committed
On State road or even a county
road.
Hereafter the Washington man
who drives to the Chesapeake
Beach station here will have to
stop his car on the District line or
take chances of being arrested
The outrage Of last Wednesday has
caused SO much indignation that
citizens here will insist upon the
enforcement of the law to the let.
ter. J. w. TCRMAN