Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, March 1, 1906, Page 4

MYSTERY i} & A RAlLROAI) DIVISION WAR et SUNDAY CLOSING Rainy Lake Road Officials|Third Petition ‘for Division ON MISSISSIPPI DAM Saloons of the City Must Be Kept Closed on the Sabbath---Keepers of Places “Kick.” Mayor A. A, Carter this morn- ing notiffed all saloon men of the city—82in number—to keep their places of business closed on Sun- day hereafter or be subjected to afine, Each saloon man was notified by the police to appear before one of the city justices, there to plead guilty or not guilty to the charge of violating the city or- dinance relative to the closing of saloons on Sundays. The saloon men made their ap- pearance this afternoon - before Judges Pendergast and Skinvik but cnly one, Fred M. Dudley, had paid the fine of $5.00 imposed by Judge Pendergast upto a late hour this afternoon. - Some of the men agreed to settle up the matter later but some positively refused to pay,; stating emphatically to the jus- tices that it would be necessary to arrest them before they would submit %o a fine. Held Monthly Meeting: A regular monthly meeting of the Bemidji fire department was held at the firemen’s rooms in the city hall last night but aside from accepting, the repeorts of several committees no business of importance was transacted. The committee which had charge of the masquerade ball Feb. 22 reported that the total net pro- ceeds of the dance were $133. A meeting of the relief association was also held. The meeting of the fire department was ad- journed to next Friday eyening, when it will be decided whether ‘or not - the local :department will participate in the tournaments at Warren and Cass Lake. David B. Frankenberger, sixty years old, for a quarter of a century profes- sor of rhetoric at the University of ‘Wisconsin, is dead at Madison, Wis., of_naralysis. Chicago ‘Union Stock Yards. Chicago, Feb. 28.—Cattle—Beeves, Pioneer that it had come to his|$3.90@6.40; cows and heifers, $1.50@ 5.00; stockers and feeders, $2.75@ knowledge that the saloons were 470 Toxans, $3.65@440. Hoge— being kept wide open on Sundays | Mixed and butchers, $3.10@6.40; rough and that in order to live up to|heavy, $6.15@6.20; good heavy, $6.30@ Mayor Carter stated to t,hel Refuse to Talk of Plans. ‘Nobody knows.”’: of the County is Presented. S. Paul, March 1.—A third pe- : This was the answer made to-|tition for the division of Itasca when information was. asked for concerning the route ‘the ‘extén- sion of the line to: .the border would. follow, whether to Bau- dette.or to:the -point,: two and ‘one-half miles from International Falls, -where ‘the Rainy River Bridge' company, récently -in- corporated, isto build a bridge across the Rainy river.. It is the general: understand- ing that the contract for the ex- tension has already been awarded 10 C. J. Johnson, the Minneapolis railroad contractor. . . It is even reported,.on what appears to be excellent authority, that the con- tract was signed Monday, al- though the officials of the rail- road company today said . the contract had -net yet been let. Whether it has or not, itis be- lieved to be an absolute certainty that Mr. Johnson will build the extension from Ashawa to the border. Men most directly in- terested have very little to say on the plans of the railroad com- /| day in the offices of the' Duluth. | county was brought to Secretary Rainy' Liake '& * Winnipeg ‘road| of State Hanson yesterday which tends te greatly complicate mat- ters. This last petition would divide Itasea into four counties, makmg three new. counties. It about three - miles mnorth of Ripple. This they would call Garfield county and make Kooch- iching the county seat. South of here, between townships 63 and 64, they would intersect Itasca with another line, running about six miles north of Effie. This county would be named Glen- wood and it would have Ripple fox; its county seat. Then from ‘the middle of this south bound- ary of Glenwood county another line is drawn a couple of miles east of Effie and straight south to the southern boundary of Itasca county, slightly east of Deer River. What is. west of call Big Fork county and make Erection of Dam Across Father of Waters East of Lglgg Bemidji Will Begin Tomorrow Morning. Notice. Bemidji, Minn,, Feb. 28, 1906. move or cause to be removed from the streets and sidewalks, upon which such properiy abutts, all wood, barrels, boxes, farm machinery, wagons, sleighs, or other ebstruction, and to re- move all snow and ice from their sidewalks within ten days from and after the publication of this notice. Nothing detracts more The preliminary work of clear- ing and excavating - for the dam which is to be built across the proposes to cut the county east All persons . owning or renting MISSISslppl river four miles east and west on the line between [property within the City of Be-|of Lake Bemidji will commence townships 66 and 67, running midji are hereby notified to re-|tomorrow morning. F. A. Eikstadt has taken a con- tract for the work and alarge crew of men will be puton im- mediately cutting . down the trees and clearing away the ob- structions preparatory to: start- ing the actual work of building the dam. The plans for the structure have been approved at. Washing- from the appearance of a town or | ton, and W, G. Schroeder, who city than cordwood, boxes, bar-|owns the site and will build the rels ete., piled in and upon its|dam, is expecting the return of business streets, and: sidewalks | the plans daily. in the business district. Until these papers are re- Every good citizen should be |turned the dimensions of the dam interested in doing and seeing|can notbe given definitely, but that this is. done,as itis to our|Mr. Schroeder states that it will this line, the petitioners would | mutual benefit to keep the repu-jbe about 300 feet in length and tation of Bemidji, as a hustling, Deer River the county seat. The|thriving town at the forefront. will create a head of 24 feet of water when completed. The portion east of that line would The fact that a ‘bridge is to be |remain Itasca county with Grand constructed across ‘the Rainy[Rapids the county seat as at river near International Falls, |present. pany. If the city should be held liable for any damages to life, limb or property, caused by the neglect of property owners to comply with the ordinances governing foundation will be made of rock, cement and piling, and earth will be filled in between the piling, thus completing the dam. Mr. Schroeder refuses to di- his oath he was compelled to take this action. Healso said that hereafter the Sunday closing or- dinance of the city would be rigidly enforced,and that arrests would follow where violations occured, Pine Beach Co. Completes Plat. The Pine Beach Townsite com- pany, which was recently incor- + porated in this city with a cap- ital of $50,000 has received a plat of its townsite on the east side of Lake Bemidji from County Surveyor M. D, Stoner, who has had a crew of men at work for scme time platting the townsite. At the present time 10 acres arel included in the platted townsite. Twelve applications for the pur- chase of lots bave been received, it is expected that the lots in the new summer resort will be dis- posed of rapidly, now that a plat of the townsite has been received John Wilmanns Mether Dead. A telegram received yesterday afternoon by County Audworl John Wilmann announces thel death of his mother, aged 75, at Trondhjem, Nerway. Owing to| the great distance to Norway,! Mr. Wilmann will not be able to attend the funeral. The aged lady is survived by three sons and one daughter, two of the| former residing in the United States. ! Fauncy stationery forinvitations and parties at the Pioneer office. Miss Carolyn Keihm has ac- cepted a pusition in the office of the county treasurer. Mrs. S. N. Sinclair returned; this morning to her home ati Princeton after a visit at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Wm. McCuaig. 6.40; light, $6.10@6.35; pigs, $5.80@ 6.10. Sheep, $3.75@6.10; lambs, $4.75@ 17.00. FORAKER ON RATE LEGISLATION. Concedes That Some Evils Exist in Connection With Railroads. ‘Washington, March 1.—Senator For- aker of Ohio addressed the senate during the day on railroad rate legis- lation. Mr. Foraker conceded that some evils exist in connection with the railroads, but urged that all of them could be more effectively met by amending the Elkins law than by pass- ing the pending bill. He expressed his regret at differing with the president, but said he could not see his way clear to pursue any other course. He gave a general review of the history of the railroad development of the country and passed to the evils of the system, which, he said, are nec- essarily incident to the upbuilding ‘of 80 vast an interest. His attitude to- ward the pending railroad rate bill was outlined in his first paragraph, in which he said of the bill: “It is so contrary to the spirit of our institutions and of such drastic and revolutionary character that, if not in its immediate effect, at least as a precedent, the consequences are likely to be most untisual and far- reaching.” REPORT OF EQUITABLE LIFE. Receipts for 1905 Exceed Expenditures by $24,000,000. New York, March 1.—The annual statement of the Equitable Life As- surance society, presented to the trus- tees during the day; shows that §$9,- 662,467 was charged off during the year for losses. The expenses in- cuarred in connection with the several examinations of the society in 1905 amounted to $502,152. The total receipts for the year, in- cluding the $8,425,038 for adjustment of book values of stocks and bonds, amounted to $89,105,319 and the total disbursements and losses to $64,761,- 8562, an excess of receipts and profits over disbursements and losses of $24,- 843,567, The new business taken in 1905 was mbout §70,000,000 less than in 1904. Polsoned by Canned Salmon. Grand Rapids, Mich.,, March 1.— Two daughters of George Storer of Camden have been fatally poisoned by canned salmon, which had been left in the can some time after it was opened. we will deliver for 82.50, one load of about 2} cords of dry 16 inch slab wood. ——ORDER NOW— | Markham-Schxsel Com’y Telephone 100 and that the incorporators of the bridge company are the same men who are behind the Duluth, Rainy Lake & Winnipeg road, would seem to indicate that the line will cross the river into Canada at that point and join the Canadian Northern there, giving a through line from Duluth to Winnipeg. On the other hand there have been reports all along that the road would build to Baudette, Minn., where the Canadian Northern already hasa. bridge across the river. This would re- quire tne laying of more track for the extension. but would open a country rich in timber and agricultural resources. There is said to be a likelihood that both extensions will be built, although it is hardly prob- able that more than one connec-| T RN ; O T, N RS tion with the Canadian Northern will be made this year. The further fact that the rail- road has acquired terminal facil- ities near International Falls, covering quite a large areaon the banks of the Rainy, gives rise to the belief that the International Falls line will be the first if not the only one to be built.—Duluth Herald. IN GEDAR LANDS ader;. S $700 Worth ofCedar From Three and One- Ilalf Acres. A remarkable instance show- ing the/value/'of cedar landsin Beltzami county is exhibited in the case of Otto Peterson, who took a homestead seven miles west of Kelliher last spring. To- gether with another man, Oscar Olson, Peterson moved on to the claim in November and immedi- ately started the erection of a house and barn. While complet- ing the buildings the two men cleared three and one-half acresi|| of land, burned the brush and all dead and down tre&s and up to the present time they have sold $700 worth of cedar posts and poles that were' cut from 'the three and one-half acres cleared, ||l ‘besides securing timber for the erection of the house and barn from the same plal@of ground. Read the Daily Pioneer. The petition was brought in by F. F. Seaman of Deer River and was signed by 800 residents of Itasca county. This will make the disposition of the county di- vision very complicated. The first petition asked for one new county to be called Koochiching and having [nternational Falls for the county seat. This would probably have been approved | these matters, itisthe tax-payers who suffer, and it is out of their pockets that the money to pay these damages must come, I want it distinctly under- stood, that if these' matters are lvuln'e any information as to whether or not a pulp mill is to be erected at the site of the dam, but in view of the fact that the dam is to be erected it is very probable that power will be fur- not attended to and this request|nished for some large industry. complied with within the time mentioned, the ordinances relat- ing thereto will be rigidly in- but for therivalry over the county | forced without fear or favor. seat. The people in the southern end of the new county wanted the county seat closer and for that reason started another peti-| tion calling the county Forest and making Big Falls the county Fowlds this afternoon on profes- | which ‘was closed up. Itis possible that there|Sional business. seat. will be a number of more peti- pated when the petitions are given a hearing March 16. { Very Respectfully A, A. CARTER, Mayor. Joint Replevined. Deputy Sheriff J. N, Bailey last night, or rather early this morning, replevined the joint of Peter Dacett at Kelliher and the inmates were forced to leave and seek shelter elsewhere. A man Dr. Rowland Gilmore went to | was placed in charge of the place, The former wife of Ducettcaused the Senator E.J. Swedback left|writ to beissued, claiming own- tions and a lively timeis antici- |last night for Ripple, where he |[ership to the property. will spend a few days looking after business interests. Read the Daily Pioneer. 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