Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, August 24, 1905, Page 4

THAT RULING ON SWAMP LANDS Contests Cannot Be Brought on Lands Already Dis- posed Of. Some inquiry has been receiv- 2d as to extent of the recent rul- ing by the general land office as #io contests on swamp lands. The Zeneral land office ruled that in econtests on swamp lands the set- tler may have a right to show |President Roosevelt alone con- JHOPE NOT YET ABANDONED Russo-Japanese Peace Conference Is Held Together by President Roose- velt Alone. Portsmouth, N. H., Aug. 24.— | the way of a complete agreement. The Russians declares em- that the land is not swamp, re-|tinues tohold the Russo-Japan-|phaticallyiythat they would not gardless of what the field notes show. Therefore, thefield notes were accepted as prima facie avidence, and from them theve was no appeal; settlers could not contest if the field notes said land was swamp, for then swamp it was and would remain I Some people have acquired t‘he! ideg that contests under this new rpling could be brought ‘on land fheretofore surveyed and determ- ined as swamp. This is not the! jgether abandoned. ese peace conferees together, and |agree to the indemnity ander although the situation looks; any conditions, -but the presi- black hope has not yet been alto- TR % 5 When the dent continnes using his good session adjourned yesterday to offices a(r. Pobh St. Petersbug meet again Saturday only ~the|and Tokio in an effort to reacha questions of idemnity stood inl|satisfactory com promise. JOHANN HOCH case. Land vhat has been dis posed of is beyond attack, under} this new ruling, It merely means that in case a settler iiles “n unsiirvéyed fand, and the sur- yey is afterwards made showing that the lacd in question is swamp, the settler has the right | :m prove; if he can. that the land is not swamp, thus overturning; the evidence of the field notes. THE SALE OF | STATE;LAND -~ Regulations to Govern Sale to Be Held in Crookston October 25. 7 County Auditor Hoffard bes postel notices of the state land sale which is to be held in Crooks- ton on October 25 this year, and the rules and regulations which| are to govern the disposition of | the state’s holdings m Polk; eounty are found to be a great] dep) more stringent than those which have governed heretofore. According to the terms of the circular issued by State Auditor Iverson, «ll lar d sold by the state ] must command a price of not less than §5 per acre: 20 per cent of the property purcnased, at least, i must be fer ced in for pasture, a| house must be erected upon the | Jand and 2 residence maintained for av least twelve months after purchase is made. Five per .eent of the land sold to any in- dividual is required to be pus in| .erop annually and not more than 320 acres will be scld to any one person. { Fifteen per cent of the pur-| chase price of the land and the| interest on the remainder- forl one year must be paid down at the time cf sale, and the remain.- | der can be paid to any time with- | in forty years so iong as the in- terest at four per cent is paid into the state annually, There are 4,000 aeres in Polk county will be sold Octobor 25, {court today issued a writ of|Chicago jubge supercedes every i Mr. Abercrombie was looking up | this SAVED AGAIN| Chicago Judge Issues Writ of Super-] cedeas in Case of Convicted Wife Murderer. ; i Chicago, Aug. 24.—On ar opder {hang at Chicago tomorrow. | irom Judge Magruder of Chicago, the clerk of the supreme A writ such as issued by thej supresedeas in the case of|thingelsein the case, and the Johann F och, convicted of mur- [result is that Hoch will not hang dering his wife and sentenced to|tomorrow. | ARRANGING 7 antoriie 1905 FOR DITCHES the annual publication of the Northern Pacific Railway con-| tains nine chapters of interest.| ng matter bearing on the North- west. : | The tourist, new settler and | farmer, the man or woman of| historical tastes, can all find mag. ter of interest in its pages: i State Engineer John Aber-] School teachers and scholars crombie of Alexandria, who has|in the public schools will find the charge of the state drainage sur-|book extremely useful for aunxil-{ vey, was in Bemidji yesterd:.y |iary reading and study. onhis way to St. Paul, from: Itis alsoa good all a,roundl Northome and other points|book on the jNorthwest for gen- north, where he spent a day.!eral reading. 1 The latest number of this justly | the old bench marks along the|famous}ypublication is the best M. &;I. which will be used miissue io date. The cover cannot Pl State Engineer Abercrombie of Alexandria Took Trip Over Northern Line. try along that line. He states|plicity. The illustrations are that it will be necessary toestab- | very attractive, the folded inserts ure) being particularly fine. It treats of the new $4,500,000 this work will probably com mence about Sept. 1. Mr.| Abercrombie returned to St. Paul this morning. ;t)f Isle Royalea coming summer i resort of the Northwest, of the Pyramid Park (commonly known Will riat Townsite. as the Badlands)of North Dakota. J. H. Scribner of Minneapolis, | Of Montana’s representation at who has been in the city for sev-{the Union National Convention eral days past. returned home |held at Baltimore in 1864, of the morning. Mr. Scribner | romantic legend of “The Sepul- states thatin a few days work |chre of Lame Deer’’ of Yellow- on the platting of an addition |stone Park, of Kachess, a beauti- to the townsite of Smulding!fulWashington lake, ‘“The Lewis will be started. Mr. Scribnerand Clark Exposition,” the jour- owns land adjoining the present|ney from California eastward via townsite and the addition will be | Portland and the Northern Pa- {close up to the townsite in whichgcific Railway. The article on lots are now being sold. The, Yellowstone Park is an especi-! i |eral Passenger Agent, Northern P P A A TOESRA ) N B making his survey of the coun-|be surpassed for beautiful sim-i lish new,bench marks and that{.f panoramic views (a new feat-| capitol of Minnesota at St. Paul, | ‘Willgoto St. Paul. | mafg{e St. Paul their permanes ; Attorney I. W. Langaard of |DBoize. ; i s Pacific Railway, St. Paul, Minn?| Blackduck, who is m the city to- |- : 3 har day, is making arrangements for ; leaving Blackduck permanently. - Clerks vs. Woodmen. Mr. Langaard will go to St. Paul It is announced that the retail ,next week, where he will open Iclerks of the city’ will play a|upan office, - He will devote a game of base ball with the Wood- |laree portion of.his timeto in- men tomorrow afternoon com [surance: and will be agent for mencing at 3 o'clock. The con-|several companies. Mr. Langaard test will be free to alland every- | will be accompanied by his_ wife 1body is invited to be present. and children and, they expect to One For one yweek we will run & bargain table of shoes, and here you will find real bargains in the shoe line. Do not forget that this chance will last for only only one week, Jfall Goods.. We are receiving shipments of fall and winter goods every day and are in better shape to give the people what they want at lewer prices than ever before s : E H. Winter & Co. the book to A. M. Cleland, Gen- ' Band Concert Tonight. The Bemidiji band will givea concert eommencing at 8 o’clock this evening at the corner of Third street and Bemidji avenue. Since the last concert given by the band a number of rehearsals have been held and several new and up-to-date concert numbers will be on the program tomorrow b evening. ~ | = IO O o Phone 30.%atisfaction BEMIDJI, Soprapted or money | MINNESOTA R 1 1 JNS R O K O O O M O’ Go to The - Minnesota State Fair via the |GREAT NORTHERN | RAILWAY AR A A, | ARMY To HAVE |firm name of the company which ; A NEW HOME will tinanee the venture will le | J. H. Scribner & Co. The com-' | pany will probably build a store’ ‘and a hotel in the town as scon |as the lots have been platted. Salvationists Will Occupy Building at Rear of Swed- ally valuable one containing an| immense amount of specific in-| " formation of an historical and de- | §§- scriptive character and being!| illustrated yividly and elegantly.| § i e i i From Saturday Sept. 2d to Saturday Sept. 9th, the in stamps for| - { - Great Northern Railway back Block. | 66 _ 59 On next Saturday’ evening the A 4 localgSalvation Army corps will s o B open a new home for itself in the | i = building at the rear of the Swed- back block, which has been leased | for the purpose o: holding meet- ings. The building has been 1'e,= paired and remodled and will| make a commodious place for the Army sessions. On Sunday even- l ing Lieutenant Wilson will hold a | farewell meeting and will leave in the next few days for St. Paul, where he will be engaged in the work of Salvation. | Thefreason the robbers did fact that we have just rec the safe as they represent a The City Drug Store was broken into sometime last night and a very valuable corn cob pipe stolen. to-date line of pipes and are obliged to keep them in E.N.FRENCH @ CO. CITY DRUG STORE. { . will sell tickets to the Twin Cities including ad- mission to the Fair, at one fare plus 50 cents for the round trip. ‘ { { |See DAN PATCH When the famous Peer of Racers will start against his world’s record of 1:56 in an attempt to make a new one. He will appear on Monday, the L = Opening Lay Only. not take more was for the eived a- large, new and up- large sum of money. ¢ : For full information about tickets, time of trains, call 'on the agent of the Great Northern Railway THE COMFORTABLE WAY