Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, March 5, 1904, Page 4

LOCAL CAPITAL TO : INVEST Stock Company Will Be Formed to Make Sash and Door Factory a Go. PROMINENT BEMIDJI PEOPLE INTERESTED IN SCHEME. > Factory Will Employ About Fifty Men Witl Take Capital of $25,000. The Minneapolis parties who were here looking over this city as a location for a sash and door factory have made a proposition to the business men of the city to move their plant from Minne- apolis to Bemidji. The many advantages of Be- midji over Minneapolis in freight rates, cost ot material, etc., have made it an object for the com- pany to offer this city the factory _providing the business men_ will raise a capital of about §20,000. The value of the machinery used in the factory is about $5,000,and all that is required to start the industry is for the business men of the city to get together and secure purchasers for $20,000 worth of stock, $10,000 worth of which has already been offered by Senator Swedback, who offers to put in his lumber yard, valued at $10,000. The factory will employ about fifty men, and should 1t be lo- - cated here would bring a large number of families to the city. SUMMER SCHOOL One Will be Held in Bemidji This Summer--Sup’t Carrol of Wa- dena Conductor. A state summer school will be held in Bemidji this summer under the direction of Superen- tendent E. T. Carroll of Wadena, formerly of Grand Rapids. Mr. Carroll conducted the state sum- mer scheol held in Bemidji two years ago and made friends here and his return will be welcomed by the teachers of Beltrami county and by the many friends which he made in Bemidjias well. Supt. Carroll will be assisted by Henora Sutton, of Grand Rap- ids and Nellie K. Meritt of Brai- nerd. The state summer school usually last four weeks but it is understood that the Beltrami county schools this year will ¢on- tinue but two weelks. Twenty-nine summer schools will be held in the state this year as against thirty-two last sum- mer. Last Day. The March Term of the Dis- trict Court for Beltrami county conyenes on the- 15th inst and Monday. March 7th will be the last day for filing notes of issue aud getting cases on the calender Very few notes of issue have been filed as yet but the general opinion among attorneys is that - the calender will be a big one. School Teacher Makes Trouble. A teacher in one rooms of the ‘Whittier school at Brainerd has A GUARANTEE We charge $15 for our course in Modern Bookkeeping, and we guarantee to gradu- ate students from this course in six or eight weeks, Hours for Bookkeeping are: Monday and Friday - 10to12a. m. ‘Wednesday - - - 7t10p. m, CONWAY’S COMMER CIAL COLLEGE Sixth St., between Bemidji and Beltrami Av. caused somewhat of a sensation, and hard feelings on the part of parents who have children in at- tendance in the room of which she is teacher, by attempting to enforee discipline, through some what peculiar methods. Each pupil returned home Monday morning carrying with them a confession to the effect’that they had whispered, communicated by notes, and done other f‘or- nery” acts, signed by them and with a request that the parent sign the confession and return the note, otherwise the pupil should be expelled from school, Asa result the next morning only nine pupils made their ap- pearancein the school room. In- teresting results may follow. Head of Order Here. Mrs, Carrie McCauley, Girand ‘Worthy Matron of the Order of the Eastern Star for Mintesota isin the city to attend the or- ganization of the Bemidji chapter at Masonic Hall this evening. Nineteen members of Cass Lake Chapter also arrived this after- noon and will organize the new chapter tonight. Between fifteen and twenty members will be. in- itiated. After the chapter is or- ganized a lunch will be served, and the visitors from Cass Lake will return on the midnight pas- senger, Grant Valley Tonight. A number of Bemidji people will attend another pleasantsocial function at the Grant Valley hall this evening. The dances at this hall are chara cterized by an at- tendance of young people who make it a point to have'a good time. The Bemidji String Or- chestra will furnish music, LOST RIVER Drainage Work That Will Greatly Benefit Northern Clearwater County. State Ditch Engineer Ralph, who is outiin the Lost river coun- try surveying the -route of the proposed judicial ditch, reports that the work of laying lines is progressing very favorably and that the recent snow has nof to any- extent interfered with the work, A crust has formed over the earlier accumulations of snow and the temperature is not 50 severe as to make out door life a hardship. The men are com fortably housed in their camps and the'work is progressing ab a rapid rate. The Lost river drainage ditch will reclaim a large territory in the northern part of Clearwater county and will result in attract- ing many settlers to that scction the coming summer. Editor Martin no Better. Editor Martin, of the News, who has a severe attack of ery- sipelas, is reported no better to- day and fears are entertained for his recovery. : Beware of Ointments for Catarrh _ that Contain Mercury, as mercury will surely destroy the sense of smell and completely derange the whole system when entering it through' the mucous surface. Such articles should neyer be used except on precrip- tions from reputable physicians, as the damage they will do is ten folds the good you can possibly derive from them. Hall’s Catarrah Cure, manufactured by F. J. CLeney & Co., Toledo, O., contains no mercury, and is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous sur- faces of the system. In buying Hall’s CatarrhCurebesureyouget the genuine. Itis takeninter nally and madc in"Toledo, Ohio, by I Cheney & Ca. 'I‘(.stlmonmls free. Sold by Druggists. Price, T5c. per bottle. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation. Any More And in the end it don’t cost as much to _have your work done at the Reed Studio WOMAN PROTESTS PROBATION Bertha Pederson Says She Was Legally Married to Rapp BeforeHis Death. PROTESTS PROBATION OF WILL THROUGH HER ATTORNEY. The Affair, However, Is Consid- ered as a Masterly Attempt “ at Blackmail. The following article from the St. Hilaire Spectator will be in- teresting to many Bemidji people to whom the subject of the article was intimately acquainted: A Thief River Falls woman whose maiden name was Bertha Pederson, but who now calls her- self Mrs. Chas. G. Rapp, has filed a complaint in the probate court protesting the admittance of Mr. Rapp’s will to probate. The complaint has been drawn up and filed by Henry W. Lee, as at- torney for the petitioner, and to all who were familiar with the life and death of Hon. C. G.. Rapp, the contents of the document will prove decidedly interesting and will doubtless be regarded as a masterly attempt at blackmail. The petitioner, Bertha Peder- son, claims that on or about Dec. 6, 1902, she was married in Cali- fornia to Charles Gustaf Rapp, deceased; that she has sincé that time until his death lived and co- habited with him - as his wife. That the will offered for probate is not “the last will and testa- ment” of Charles Gustaf Rapp and does not contain his last testamentary disposition of his estate. That at the time of his death he possessed real and per- sonal property to the amount of over $10,000. Among the other and more im portant allegations of this com- plaint it is stated that the peti- tioner belieyes that at the time of his death said Chas. G. Rapp had a private deposit vault in the Bank of St. Hilaire, which vault contained papers and evidence of the petitioner’s rights and inter- ests in the estate; that J. K. Han- nay is president and manager of said bank and attorney for O. F. Post, half brother of the de- ceased, and the original applicant for the probation of the will. The complaint also insinuates that O. F. Post and J. K. Hannay have entered into a conspiracy to suppress the evidence and de- fraud the petitioner of her legal rights as the widow of the de- ceased C. G. Rapp. The people of St. Hilaire and Red Lake county are pretty well acquainted with this Miss Peder- son and her attorney, H. W. Lee, of Thief River Falls. It has been an understood fact that that she was employed by Mr. Rapp as a paid attendant during his long and finally fatal illness and in that capacity remained with him until the end of his life last November. During the last few months of his life Mr. Rapp occupied his own rooms in this village and Miss Pederson attended him. But during all the time she made no claim whatever of being his wife or of having any claim against him of any kind, and if she was his wife, as she now claims, that fact did not in any way interfere with her receiving irregular visits from gentlemen friends in Thief River Falls. Altogether the matter looks very much as if the petitioner had been led mto the affair by her attorney who saw a possible chance to levy a post mortem tribute by an attempt to black- mail the living legal heirs and {raduce the memory of the dead without taking into consideration the possible defamation of his client’s character which must almost inevitably result from his efforts. Under the original will which has been petitioned for-probate, 0. F. Posi is the sole beneficiary and is named as executor without bonds. ‘The contestantasks that pointed administrator. If this request should be granted it can easily be see how the administra- tor could place a substantial lin- ing in his own pockets without any regard whatever for his client, the estate itself, or the legat heif's. The date of hearing is set for April 14th, and the outcome will be eagerly looked for by every- body acquainted with the parties. her attorney, H. W. Lee, be ap-|~ Pleasant Surprise Party. Mrs. F. A, Blakeslee was the hostess at a pleasant surprise e party last night in honor of her husband’s forty-eighth birthday | [§ at their country home west of the city. About thirty young| people from Bemidji were in at- tendance and a jolly good time is | %3 reported, Dancing to the musi of the Bemidji string orchestra and an elegant banquet were the &3 features of the evening. Don’t Want Two Offices. L. G. Pendergast has learned that tickets are being circulated containing his name as a candi- date for village recorder. Mr. Pendergast wishes it understood that he is not running for two offices but that he is a candidate for justice of the peace « only. Big Boom at Big Fork. Reports from Ripple indicate a boom in the building line in that town. It now has botels, three saloons, a meat market and a printing office, and two saloons, a hotel and another newspaper office are being erected. No Ajustment. Geo. C. Main, who,repesents several insurance companies who had policies placed with sufferers in the recent Malzahm block fire, returned to St. Paul, no adjust- ment of the property loss havin g been made. 2 T. J. Miller & Cm shipped 25 men to R. B. White’s camps near Sandy this morning. They will ship 15 men to Pine Island to- night. Miss Sadie Chesborough leaves tonight on the M. & I. to accept a position as assistant Princlpal n the Blackduck High School. SWAMP LAND Jadam Bede Gets Busy on Behalf of Northern Minnesota Settlers. A hearing was had yesterday before President Roosevelt in the matter of the swamp land peti- tions from this part of the state. |, The president has. received several lengthy petitions from citizens of northern Minuesota, requesting him to so change the rulings of the department of the interior as to permit evidencs to be offered in cases where there is a question involved relative to the character of the land. Under the existing practice the surveyor’s field notes are taken as absolute. Mr. Bede claims that these field notes are errone- ous, and that thousands of acres of good agricultural land have been classed as swamp and pa- tented to the state. “NG ¢onclusion was reached at the hearing, but the president promised to confer with Secre- tary Hitchcock and Land Com- missioner Richardson. HARD ON FARMERS Past Winter Has Been an Ex- pensive One For Farmers on the Prairies. D. H. Miller, a prominent Polk county farmer, is in Bemidji to- day on some business matters. He says that this is an expensive winter for the farmers up that way. On account of the deep snow stock that is turned loose cannot rustle a living as usual and have to be fed. Neither hay nor straw is plentiful, and the roads are not good for long hauls to where there is plenty of feed farther east. Mr. Miller is in the butter making business quite extensively and is therefore in a position to know whereof he speaks. However, he says there is a bright side to everything and predicts a big crop after the severe winter. The-Conductor. Conductor Warren of the C. & N. W. R. R. says: I had been suffering with a severe cold for several days. and was so hoarse I could not speak above a whis- per, Nov. 16,1 met one of Dr. Warner’s d"onta on my train, he handed me a bottle of the White Wine of Tar Syrup, and one hour after taking the, first dose: my hoarseness commerced leaving me. In twenty four hours my voice was quite clear and natural the cold nearly cured. It is the best remedy I ever saw. closed two | & THE BAZAAR to allow insurance adjusters to inspeect stock after the recent fire . . . . Will reopen in a few days oS | BEMIDJI PORK Prominent Bemidji Men Will En- gage in Hog Raising Business Near This City. Wes Wright and J. J. Jinkin- purchased seventy-five hogs, which they will put on a farm west of this city and engage in the hog raising business have secured a number of high Bemidji pork on the market in a short time. The country in this vicinity is peculiarly adapted to hog raising, as the cost of fatten- ing is less than in other sections of the state. Notices of Trial. The Pioneer has for sale No- tice of Trial blanks and attor neys should take notice that it to send away for these blanks. Note of Issue blanks also on sale at the Pioneer office. son, of this city, have recently k5 They | g ‘breed animals and expect tohaveg 3 will not hereafter be necessary |t : Look at This Our motto is to please our customers We guarantee every photograph that leaves our studio. We guarantee to save you from 25 to 50 per cent on every dozen photographs. We make extra sittings free of charge if first ones do not please. Step in and take a look and ask a few questions—it costs you nothing. OUR STUDIO IS ON THE GROUND FLOOR, TWO BLOCKS NORTH OF THE CITY The confidence of the people who know themethods of this ins titu- tion, a confidence extending from the smallest mat- er SRy uymensias Biggest and Most Elaborate Shoe Display for Spring— 1904. Ghe Clothiers MONEY ALWAYS CHEERFULLY REFUND DI B e e e Advance... 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