Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, August 3, 1905, Page 4

. erstad. The regents also decid SURVEYING NEW ROAD Fifteen Engineers at Work on Sixty Eight Mile Survey Datroit to Bemidji. FORCE IN CHARGE OF E. T. AB- BOTT OF MINNEAPOLIS. Survey Will Be |as near as Pos- sible an Air Line Between De- troit and this City. There has been a general dis- position to make light of the re- port that the Northern Pacific is to build from Detroit to this city. The work of surveying the route for such a railway is how- ever actually under way, a gang of fifteen civil engineers being being now at work near Detroit.’ The force isincharge of civil engineer E.T. Abbott of Min- neapolis, who refuses to give out any information concerning his operations beyond the fact that he has been instructed to com. plete as soon as possible a sur- vey on an air line from Detroit to to Bemidji. Mr. Abbott believes that it will take him well in Sep-| tember to complete the survey, so that whatever may be the in- tentions of the railroads, there will probably be no track build- ing this fall. The engineering outfit consists of Mr, Abbots, fourteen men,two tents and teams and it has now made some little progress out of Detroit. The country to be traversed by the proposed road is practically would railroad facilities and is rich in fine agricultural lands and in hard wood timber. An air line from Detroit to Bemidji would make the survey run al- most due northeast and south west, crossing the south eastern corner of the White Earth reser- vation, cutting off the lower cor- ner of Clearwater county, touch- ing the north end of Lake Itasca | passing through Maltby in the extreme northwestern corner of Hubbard county and thence into Bemidji. Such aline would be sixty eight miles inlength and would make directly tributary to'this city some of the finest ag- ricultural lands in the state. guch . a road in connection with the Minnesota & International would make almost exactly an air line from Detroit to Kooch- iching. No information whatever can be obtained as to whether the work is being undertaken by the Northern, the Great Northern or the Soo, butit is the general opinion that one of the first named ro: d :is behind the work and that itis a direct result of tvhe lively competion for business between the Great Northern and the Soo Fuarther contirmation of the re- ported building of the new isin a letter frow Eoagineer Ab- pott received in Bemidji last night which states that i* is pro- bable thata crew of engineers will be putto work on the Be- midji edd of the line and survey south tomeet the crew that is| : 1 C. Albrant, which occurred at now working out from Detroit. Change at Farm School. Sup’t. Crookston Experimental farnr, a| branch of the state agricultural| college, has resigned his position | and will remove to Goodhue county where he has a large farm. Professor Robertson of St. Anthony’s Park was yester- day named by the regents of the university to succeed Mr, Hov- ed that the new school to be es- tablished at Crookston should be a practically agricultural school and decided upon a location for ine T. A. Heverstad of the| KICKING ON SPECIAL AGENTS Declares Dilatory Tactics Work Great Injury to the f Homesteader. R. H. Medicraft, county attor- ney of Roseau county,has regist- ered severalvery pronounced com- plaints both with the officials of the United States land office and with Congressman Steenerson regarding the dilatory tacticts of the special agents. Mr. Medi- craft says the hardship which is worked upon homesteaders in the northern portion of the state by having their homesteads held up for a year or more because of the action of special ageats is more than is generally conceived and he holds the special agent in charge of the territory respons- ible for the condition of affairs. Congressman Steenerson has promised to take the matter up with the officials at Washington and developments are likely dur- ing the next few weeks. Mr. Medicraft says itis customary and a usual occurence for a poor homesteader to have his claim held up for a year or more by a special agent and that the people of the northern section are be- coming tired of the practice. BIG CLASS TO BE INITIATED Over Twenty New Members Will Be Added to Samar- itan Lodge Tonight. Over 20 new members will be initiated into the local Modern Samaritans lodge this evening at a meeting to be held at the I. O. O. F. hall. The initiatory exer- cises will be under the direction of Deputy Organizer Tanzer, who has been in the city for some time past securing applicants for admission into the lodge. The business session will be followed i by the serving of refreshments and other entertainment. The Samaritans held a picnic at Diamond Point yesterday af- ternoon and the affair was highly successful. The afternoon and evening was spent at the point, where refreshments were served. A large number attended. Says Outlook is Good. C. N. Lavery, special repre- sentative of the Swift Packing company, was in the city today from Chicago. Mr. Lavery has spent several days looking up business conditions in northern Minresota. He states that at present the outlook for'doing an excellent business at the Bemidji branch is very good. “Ofcourse” said Mr. Lavery, ‘the operator,s strike now on will temporarily interfere materially with ship- ping facilities and will conse- quently hurt business in our line, but as soon as the trouble is over I look to see things open up with arush.” Brother Dead at Grafton. Chas. E. Albrant this morning received a message announcing the death of his brother, William Grafton, N. D., this morning. Mr. Albrant left on the afternoon train for Grafton to attend the funeral. The tdeceased suffered from an illnes of pneumonia for the past four days. He was 33 years of age and has been en- gaged at Grafton.as an architect. Buys into Employment Office. Joseph Harrington has re- signed his position at the Bemidji Club and yesterday associated himself with Employment Agent McDonald, purchasing a halfin- terest in the business. Mr. Harrington has had considerable the buildings at the experimental station. The buildings will be erected this fall. cessful. Telegrapher’s Strike Is N;)t Interfering With - Pas. senger 'l’rafl'ic. FREIGHT BUSINESS IS BADLY CRIPPLED, HOWEVER. Local Shippers of Perishable Goods Up. Against Hard Proposition. St. Paul, Aug. 8.—The tele- Northern and Northern Pacific is practically unchanged, While pagsenger trains on both roads are kept moving, little freight is handled and only between im- portant points. Large quanti- ties of freight being refused, particularly perishable goods. The strikers and managers of both roads are contideat of ulti- mate victory. In Bemidji all men employed at the Great Northern station are now out, the agent and cash- ier leaving their duties this morning. No tickets are being sold and in order to rideit is nec- essary to pay fare on the train to the conductor. Much inconveni- ence is being brought- to travel- ing salesmen and others who have trunks to check at their lia- bility to secure their baggage checked, A The most serious phase of the strike in Bemidji is the tying up of freight traffic toa very large extent. Local shippers of per- ishable goods are unable to se- cure the shipment east or west of fruits or packing house pro- ducts, and it is expected that the prices of these goods will be materially increased if the strike should continue any length of time. The M. & 1., however, is not affected by the strike and 1s handling north and south freight. It was reported last night that it might be necessary for the Crookston Lumber company to close down the plant in this city on account of being unable to se- cure cars, but Manager Rich- ards said this afternoon that up tothe present timea sufficient number of cars had been furnished and that it was not probable that there would be any shortage in this respect, as the local freight supplies the cars and does all the switching in the yards of the mill, The four year old son of Mrs. Parks at Nymore is suffering with a severe illness. 3 Dr. J. R. Morley, the Crooks- ton eye specialist is in Bemidji today on professional business. Misses Grace Fairweather and Josephine McCarty went to Nary this morningon a short berry picking exc¢ursion. Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Erickson of Rosby arein the city today. Mr. Erickson is looking after business matters while Mrs. Erickson is attending a regular meeting of the Ladies’ Aid So ciety of the Scandinavian Luth- eran church. While returning from Bemidji to his home at Becida, the 12 year old sun of Mr, Nyhus of Be- cida, received a bullet wound in the arm as the result of the ex- plosion of a 22 caliber rifle which was lying against the seat be- tween the boy and his brother. The «gun slipped down from the seat and the hammer struck the bottom of the wagon. Young Nyhus was attended by a local physician who dressed the wound. : Commissioners Adjourn. The board of county commiss- .1:ners, which has been in session graphers’ strike on the Great.! Struck Hefivy Blow By .Haw- ser and Knocked Uncon- seious into the Water. Yesterday evening about 7:30 while launching a barge which he had been repairing, Cap’t W. B, McLaughlin was quite serious. ly injuried by the slipping of the hawser rope with which he was pulling the barge back into the water. The rope struck Mr. Mc- Laughlin a stunning blow on the chest, krocking him with |tremendous force ‘against the side of the barge and from thence into the lake. He was promptly rescued by.the men who were working with him and carried unconscious to Dr. Henderson’s office where an examination was made. It has been ascertained that no bones were broken but it is feared that there may be in- ternal injuries. Mr. McLaughlin suffered considerable pain dur- ing the night but was resting more easily this morning It will be a day or two before the ex- tent of his injuries can be de- termined. LOST WOMAN FOUND AT LAST Mrs. Hendrickson Located Eight Miles Away From Jfler Home at Laporte. Mrs. Hendrickson, the 80 year old lady who has been lost in the woods near Laporte for the past week, has been found at last and is now at home. Mrs. Hondrick- son was located by neighbors on the Lake George road about eight miles south of Laporte. She was weak and hungry from her experience but is now fully recovered. Died of Tyhpoid. Andrew R. Mittun, a nephew of Andrew Aubulee, the boat man, died at St. Anthony’s hos- pital yesterday of typhoid-fever after a week’s illness. The young man was nineteen. years of age and has no relatives here éxcept Mr. Aubulee. He leaves a mother in Norway. Interment will take place in Bemidji, The services will be held from the Lutheran church tomorrow afternoon- at 2.80. Little Falls Lineup. The lineup of the Little Falls base ball team which will play here Sunday afternoon isas fol- lows: Batters, ¢; Lang, p; Swin- dell, 1b; Rassier, 2b; Roth, 3b; Walling, ss; C. Ferrell,1f; Griesh, cf: E. Ferrell, rf. The Bemidjilineup will remain practically unchanged urless Emerson and Carl arrive here in time to participate in the game. Excursion to Walker. On Sunday ‘August 6 the Min-! nesota & International will run] anexcursion from Northome to Walker and return. Train will leave Northome at 6:30 a. m. Bemidji at 8:10a. m, and will] leave Walker on the return trip| at 7:30 p. m. Fare for the round trip will be 75 cents. Editors Organize. During the drainage conven- tion at Crookston the Red River Valley editors completed the or- ganization of an editorial associa- tion covering the north end of the Redrivervalley. R. D.V. Carr of the Middle River Pioneer was made president, W, E, Mc- of Excellence. E.N.FRENCH @ CO. CITY DRUG STORE. Killed with our Poison Fly Paper and Insect Powder. The standard . Special Exhibition FINE PIANOS Now on Sale In Bemidji, Minn by In order to acquaint the people of this city with the magnitude and «xueilence of this line of pianos represented The Metropolitan Music CO. O0f Minneapolis they have placed on exhibition at the above address. a large shipment of new pianos of latest designs, represent- A ing 1905 styles of the following prominent manufacturers. g Steinway Knabe Weber Emerson, Ernest Gabler, and others. Ives & Pond A Don’t Fail To See These Beautiful Instruments. § 4 55 instruments. This exhibit will last for a few days only—just long enough to show what the Metropolitan offers its customers —and you are invited to call and examine these superb Mr. P. F. Hammersley _ representing the company will‘be in charge of the exhibit. B Lanpher Hat” The Hat of Quality. better than most others. All quality.. € Don't fail to see them. $300 The Lanpher is as good as the best, and . the newest shades and shapes; guaranteed Style and Head Dress of the Ameer of Afghanistan. (O’'Leary & sowsr? Kenzie of Crookston, secretary and C,L. Stevens of Warren treasurers with R. H. Medicraft, of Roseau and . Stoughton of East Grand Forks vice presi- dents. experience in the employment:,. .. court house for the past| lineand will no'doubt be suc- ’ ;three days, adjourned its meet- mmm‘m ling last.night. . Where the work is hardest, Where the need for strength and reliability is greatest, - There you will always find the ¢ | Rémingtona