Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, January 8, 1907, Page 1

THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONE VOLUME 4. NUMBER 219 BEMIDJ1, MINNESOTA, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 8, 1907 TEN CENTS PER WEEER MOORE BOUND OVER TO THE NEXT GRAND JUR Arraigned Before Justice Skinvik, Last Night, When His Attorney Moved for Dismissal of Complaint and Warrant and Discharge of Moore. J. R. Moore, the resourceful gentleman who, with the assis- tance of Franklin Andersou and J. W. Cherry, ‘“‘euchred’ several Bemidji people out of various amounts through notes, was arranged before Justice Skin- vik last evening. There had been five warrants issued against Moore, re- turns being made in but twe, one on the charge of forgery in the second degree and another on grand larceny in the second degree. County Attorney McDonald moved firstin the forgery charge. W. E. Dodge of St. Paul ap- peared as Moore’s attorney, and moved that the complaint and warrant be set aside and the defendant dismissed, upon the ground that, while the for. mal part of the complaintand warrant charged forgery in the second degree, the facts racited therein did not constitute the offense of forgery or any other public offense. The courtoverruled the notion, being advised in the premises, and Moore was committed to custody of the sheriff to await the action of the next Beltrami county grand jury, the new code making it outside the juris- diction of a justice court to fix bail on a charge, the punish- ment for which exceeds seven years in the suate prison. The second charge against Moore, grand larceny in the second degree, was treated in a similar manner as the first charge, Moore’s counsel moving for dismissal of charge and dis- charge of defendant, and Justice Skinvik made the same ruling, and Moore was committed on that charge also. Moore was placed in the cus- tody of the sheriff, and has spent the interyening time at ““Castle Bailey,” under strict sur- velliance. There are still three warrants in the hands of Sheriff Bailey vpon which returns have not yet been made; and as there are offi- cers from other counties who de- sire Moore’s presence, it is more than likely that he will not have much spare time during the next few weeks to represent his great investment concern, the “Ameri- | can Realty company’’ of Minne apolis. Nothing further has been done in the cases today, Colonel Dodge, Moore’s connsel, stating that he would let the matter rest as it was for a few days. It is not improbable that appli- cation will be made to Judge Spooner for bail, and in case the judge should fix bail, Moore would be again at liberty. Mocore has another alternative, that of pleading guilty to the charges and receiving sentence from the judge of the district court. Settlers Reap the Benefits. The railroad companies are worrying cover a prospective shortage of ties next year. There is so much new construction work going on that ties are in active demand, and good prices are being paid for them, but de- spite this fact as many are not being purchased asare needed. While the output islarge, itis not meeting the heavy demands. The Minnesota & Internation- al, the jWisconsin Central, the Soo and the Duluth, Rainy Lake & Winnipeg are all taking ties out of the same territory, not to speak of the old lines which are using a certain number every year for expansion work ‘and re- pairs. Orders from this bunch of railroads keeps the supply pretty low. The settlers and small loggers are able to make good profits getting out pulp- wood, poles and posts, and this fact has a tendency to further boost the tie prices, all of which is benificial to the homesteaders in the north country. Will Hold Election January 9. The mewmbers of the fire de- partment have adjourned the time for holding their annual election of officers from last Wed- nesday night, the usual time for holding the election, until Wed- nesday, January 9, when a full attendance of members is de- sired. Blank Books > Beginning the New Year nearly every business will need new sets of books. The Pioneer carries a full line of books and an in- spection of the stock will show that we ecarry all sizes, styles and bindings of books. We have the two, three, four and five column day books and journals. A good line of cash hooks; a well selected stock of ledgers, single or double entry, one hundred to eight hun- dred pages. THE COUNTY BOARD HOLDING A MEETING The Annual Session of the Commis- sioners Began at Tgn 0'Clock This Morning. —_— WES WRIGHT IS CHAIRMAN OF BOARD; JOSEPH WAGNER IS VICE Much Important Business Will Come Up for Consideration at this Meeting of Board. The members of the board of county commissioners assembled this morning to hoid the annual meeting of the board, and the auditor’s office, where the ses- sion is being held, has been crowded with interested parties watching the proceedings. The board, as at present con- stituted, is composed of the fol- lowing members: Firstdistrict, Wes Wright; Second district, George Gunderson; Third dis- trict, F. O. Sibley; Fourth dis- trict, Joseph Wagner; Fifth dis- trict, A. W. Danaher. Wright and Sibley are new. members of the board. The board organized by elect- ing Wes Wright as chairman and Joseph Wagner as vice chairman, the vote being unanimous for both candidates. The bonds of the county offi- cials who will serve during 1907, were received and approved, as follows: Henry Funkley, county attor- ney, $1,000. Thomas Bailey, sheriff, $5,000. M. A. Clark, Harris, register of deeds, $5,000. F. W. Rhoda, clerk of court, $1,000. George French, county treasurer, $50,000, The matter of appointiug a county health officer: was to have come up for consideration by the board. A letter was read from H. M. Bracken, cha.n'mau) of the state board of health, in which that gentleman stated the new code established a county board of health, to be composad of three members, one of whom must bea physiciar, the other two members being members of the board of county commissioners. Most of the afternoon session the county printing for theen sueing year. quite a ‘“‘third house’ of “lobby- ists” in attendance this after- noon. FRANKLIN ANDERSON IN People’s Signatures Must Face Serious Charge. with the penand possessed much ‘‘gift of gab,” wnich resulted in amounting in all to $200, is hav- icg his troubles over at Grand Rapids. jail, awaiting developments in the promotion society. doings: “Deputy Fish arrived Wednes- day from Minneapolis, having in cherge Franklin Anderson charged with having obtained money under false pretenses. Anderson is now confined in the Itasca county jail awaiting fur- ther developments, while his partoer, J. R. ‘Moore, the prime mover in a gigantic scheme to defraud innocent victims out of money by selling stock in imag- inary loan companies, is in the Minneapolis jail on a similar charge. He isalso wanted here land Deputy Sheriff Fish is nowi IMPORTANT MEETING OF judge of probate, $1,000. J. O | of the board was taken up in considering the awarding of |f1 There was stifl [§ TOILS AT GRAND RAPIDS (§ Man Who Has No Respect for Other |E Franklin Anderson, the gen- | tleman who was so ‘‘handy” ; his paying a fine and costs here |8 He has been arrested and is held at the Itasca county |§ Moore-Cherry-Anderson |§ The Grand Rapids Herald-Re- | view .says of Anderson and his|§ n the Four ¢ivy in an effort t) get him. H W. Cherry is the third member of the gang.| These men started in to do a bigl business in the northern coun- ties of Minnesnta. They worked several parties at Bovey and also Deer River. The scheme of the parties was to sell stock ina ficticious real estate concern, which promised immense re- turns immediately. A represen- tative of the Herald Review saw Anderson in the jm! this morn- ing. He is a veritable Uriah Heap or a very much abused young man. He proclaims his innocense and say he will prove his virtues when given an oppor- tunity to do so in court, He as- sured the reporter thathe isa Christian gentleman and urgent- ly requested that the Metho- dist preacher be notified to call on him at once. The Rev. Mr. Scott was notified as per request. It the people of Bovey and Deer River had read the Herald-Re- view, as they should, - they would not kave been caught in the snare of Mr. Moore. About a month ago a two-column ad- vertisement appeared in this paper notifying the public that J. R. Moore was in ne way con- nected: with the American Reality Company of New York, and the warning should have been sufficient to put_the public on guard.” NOT SO RETIGENT WHEN HE IS AWAY FROM HOME W. G. Schroeder Tells the Staples World of the Beltrami Electric Light & Power Co. W. G. Schroeder was at Staples, recently, and the Staples World: saysof his visit there: “W. G. Schroeder; president of the Beltrami Electric Light & Power Co., of Bemidji, Minn., was in town - Sunday,on his way home from a trip. to the cities. The company has a water power that is being improved on the Mississippi river a few miles! east of Bemidji, and will soonj be supplying Bemidji with cur-' rent for light and power pur- poses. Lake Bemidji will be be used for a storage reser- voir. CITY COUNC IL LAST NIGHT Hose Recently Rejected by Council Ordered Shipped Back to New York.---Council Rejects Bill for Salary of Secretary of Fire Department. The first meeting of the city council for the new year was held last evening and much busi- ness of importance was trans- acted. Messrs. Miller and Graham were the only absentees. After the minutes of the last meeting had been read, a batch of bills were audited and allowed, and three bills that had been pre- sented were referred to the eu-| tire council without action by the auditing committee. I The bill of John Washburn,{ $100 for salary as secretary of the fire department daring 1906, was taken up for action. It was stated that a bill for $50, for part of yearly salary, had been pre- sented to the council in August, and had been rejected. A mo- tion was made to reject the bill for $100, which caused some dis- | cussion. Alderman Matt Meyer statad that the city had never paid a bill of this character, and he believed that, as the individual firemen were the most interested in seeing that their accounts were kept correctly, the depart- ment, as an organization, shounld pay its secretary. City Attorney Russell stated that there was no doubt that the charter made no provision for paying such salary; that the fire department as now constituted had never been legally organized according to the charter. The bill was re- jected. A bill against the Jerrard Plumbing <company, and. a counter bill_from Doran Bros., over which there has been some] controversy, were referred to the city attorney to be repqrted at next meeting. A bill from A. B. Hazen, salary, ete., as street commissioner for part of the month of October,was The bill had been been laid on the table, pending the receipt of a report from. Mr. Hazen as to his work. The re- port requested accompanied the bill, after the reading and adop- Overcoat Imported Kersey Overcoats, ted Overcoats, $28 Unshorn Fur Lined Lamb Collar at acted upon. previously presented, but’ Clothing House Special! B. KUPPENHEIMER & CO’S. Offering Choice of any Overcoat for $18.00 Including $22 Genuine St. George Kersay Overcoats, $24 $25 Black Unfinished Wors- Worsted Overcoats. Overcoats $65 Muskrat Lined, Fine Kersey Shell, Otter or Persian .00 $49.50 tion of which, the bxll was al- lowed, The application of Matt Thome for liquor license was accept- ed. The report of City Justice Pendergast for the month of December was read and accept- ed. The report showed that $345 had been paid into the city treasurer during December, and the treasurer’s receipt for that amount, accompnmed the re- port. . Justice Skiuvik’s report for November showed $186 paid in- to the treasury by that official, with - treasurer’s receipt for same. f Two letters from representa- tives of the Eureka Hose com- pany wereread. One was Earl Geil, chief of the fire department, in which the company desired the chief to mail the company a sample of the hose which had the lumps in, and had been re- )eeted by the council; writer junderstood that two ‘sections had been inspected and offered to replace them with hose that was satisfactory. Writer stated that when the hose was under pressure, the lumps did not ap- pear, and that the lumps that caused the unevenness of the rubber were necessary in mak- ing the hose, ete. City Clerk Malloy stated that he had sent the sample as requested The other letter was to the clerk from M. E. Baird, a representative of the Eureka people, who stated that he would probably stop off here and wanted the 600. foot' of hose that had been rejected shipped to New York. On motion, - the clerk was ord- ered to see that the hose was returned to the company ab New York. A communication was read from Richard Fetts, of Mallory, offering the city $30 for the gaso- line pumping - engine that was formerly used by the city in the old pumping station. The engine is either six or eight horsepower, and as the members of the coun- cil thought the engine cost sev- eral hundred dollars, the matter was referred to the fire commite tee to report at the next meet- ing. A letter was received from the mayor of Tower, in which that gentleman acknowledged the re- ceipt of city warrants for $135 02, being the expenses incurred at Tower in recovering the body of Henry Buenther, who. was drowned in Trout lake last fall. The matter of fixing the salary of the city employes and officers for the ensuing year -was on motion laid on the table until the next regular meeting. 3 Alderman - Bowser called the attention of the members of the council to the existing conditions relative to the payment of taxes for the maintenance of the poor of Beltrami county. He stated that, as now collected, the citi- zens of Bemidji were paying a double tax for poor purposes, one as a city tax, the-other as a county levy,and he beihveq that this should be remedied. : City Attorney Russell was requested to investigate the matter and re- port at the next meeting o} the fl| council. Samaritan Enlerhmmvnl. The local lodge of Samaritans has made arrangements to.give an entertainment in the Presby- terian church- this ~ evening, Lottie Tillotson of Hawaii will give an elocutionary entertain- ment and lecture, at the conclu- sion of which a program of vocal and instrumental music will be given by local talent. Local news on last pag: