Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, January 29, 1907, Page 1

/v - » N L} « R - ‘. 5 | = | | New County Commissioners Summoned THE BEMIDJT DA& LY PIONE -' VOLUME 4. NUMBER 237. BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, TUESDAY EVENING JANUARY 29, 1907. TEN CENTS PER WEEK NORMAL SCHOOL LOCATION WAS DISCUSSED: ROUSING MASS MEETING HELD LAST NIGHT THE GITY ““DADS” HELD A MEETING LAST NIGHT Not Much Done.—Bills Allowed, Ap- plications Made for Employment Agency Licenses, Etc. Bat little work was done at the council meeting last evening, the council hurrying through the business necessary to be done and laying the balance over until next Monday evening. After the reading and approval of the minutes of the last meet ing, the rnutine work was taken up. In the presentation of the bills, City Clerk Maloy presented t the council the pay roll for the month of January, which caused considerable discussion. Mr. Maloy (who by the way has no voice in the council) con tended that the salaries as passed by the council at their last meet- ing were in force from January 1 The council, by a very decided vote, promptly told Mr. Maloy that the new salary list did not £o into effect until after March 1 The prompt action of the council in this matter is to be com- mended, and saves the city over $200. ; The bond of Matt Mayer to sell intoxicating liquors was - ac- cepted; as well as the bond of R. H. McDonald for transfer of the Kinney license. Four applications were. pre- sented to the council, asking for licenses as employment offices. The applications were as follows: C. G. Johnson and A. F.Ander- son, as the Blackduck Employ- ment Co.; J. F, Essler and Charles Dailey, as the Bemidji Ewmployment Co.; A. T. Wheelock, as the Pioneer Employment agency, and Dick Hawkes. ANOTHER MOVE MADE IN KOOGHIGHING GONTEST to Show Cause Before Judge Mc- Clenahan at Brainerd. William Hoolihan, sheriff of Itasca county, was in the city this forenoon, having returned | from an official trip to Interna- tional Falls and points twenty miles down the river from that place. While he was in the north country, Mr, Hoolihan served copies of summons on Ronald McDonald, E. N. Olson and Fred Smith, newly appointed commis- sioners of Koochiching county, citing those gentlemen to appear at Brainerd on February 4, be- fore Judge McClenahan, there to answer and show cause why they are acting as such officials. This is one of the moves in the contest recently inaugurated Henry Hughes et al against the permanency of the new county of Ko chiching. Skating Race Friday Night. The managers of the local skating rink havearranged a race to be skated in this city Friday evening, Feb. 1, that should prove an interesting affair. The 'con- testants will be Bert Carver, the fastest Bemidji skater, and Harry Webb of Duluth, conceded the “‘champ’’ of the head of the lakes. LODGED IN JAIL HERE; GHARGED WITH LARGENY V. McNeil Brought Down from -Big Falls.— No Jail in Koochiching County. P. A. Walsh, sheriff of the new county of Koochiching, this morning brought - down from Big Falls V. McNeil, charged with grand larceny, and lodged him in the Beltrami,county jail. McNeil is said to have stolena watch from John Huluptsok, at Big Falls. He was arrested and given a hearing before George P. Watson, justice of the peace av Big Falls. McNeil waived examization and was bound over to await the action of the grand jury at the next term of court for Koochiching county. As the new county has no public build ings yet, there was no county jail in which to incarcerate Me- Neil; so he was brought to Be- midji for commitment in the Bel- trami county bastile. High School Literary Society. The High School Literary society is one of the organizations that is doing much good among the pupils and awakening inter- -est in matters literary. Ralph Lycan is presxdént of the society, Bernice Pendergast vice president, Inez Geil secre- tary and Scott Hubbard™ tress-| urer. i The society holds a méeting every second and fourth Friday| of each month, The following was the program rendered at the meeting held last Friday. Piano solo, Ivis Roberts. Declamation, Fay Breneman. Paper, Selma Anderson, Written Discussion, “Resolved that seniors should not write commencement exercises.” Af- firmative, Ida Geil; necative, Ruth Wilcox: - _ Vocalsolo, Florence Grimoldby, Original story, Arabelle Neil. School notes, Clarence Shan- non. The next meeting will be held on February 8. Difficulty Letting Contract. The postoffice department is experiencing considerable - diffi- culty in receiving a satisfactory bid on the star mail route from Kelliher to Foy and Suam, and has again advertised for bids, to be received up' to February 19, 1907, The ‘route” is a little changed from the present route; in that Foy mstead of Suam will be the terminal office, and the carrier 13 allowed half an- hour additional time each way in -per- forming the service. The pro- posal reads, leave Foy at 6:30,.a. m,, arrive ab Kelliher at 12 m., leave at 1 p. m., returning to Foy at 6:30 p. m. Sheriff Bailey at the ‘““Spripgs.” Deputy Sherifi John Bailay has received. a letter from his father, ‘Thomas Bailey, in which the latter states that he is stop- ping at Hot Sprmgs, Arkansas, for the present time, but will{ leave in & month for Pensacola, Florida, to spend the balance of the winter. * Sheriff Bailey has not been at all well during the past three months, What with long rides, loss of sleep and extreme vigil- ance in connectioo with his offi- cial duties, Mr. Bailey has be- come very nervous and was in Webb has heen skating races in North Dakota, against all comers and according to reports sent here, has not yet been de- feated. Carver is_a fast man and bhas hopes of giving the Duluth man & good race, The winner of the race will take half of the entire gate receipts. poor physical condition.” He de- cided to spend the winter 'in the south, and left Bemidji some two weeks ago. He has a. brother living at Pensacola, Florida, and after a month atthe *Springs,” he will depart for ‘Florida -and spend the iantervening time be- twlien then and April 1 at Pensa- cola. The Citizens of Bemidii Alive ,‘to the Necessity of Concerted Action in Pushing Forward Our Superlor Clalms ‘ Commlttee of Seven, Whlch Wlll Be Augmented Later, Appointed to Lead the Fight on If enthusiasm, determination and unity of purpese count for anything in an undertaking, the meeting held last evening at the Masonic hall for the purpose of discussing the proposition for the establishing of a sixth state normal school .augurs well for the location-of the institution at Bemidji, should the bill providing for the school become a law. The meeting, which was a very harmonious one, . was attended by representatives, of nearly every line of business, profession calling and trade, including the clergy, of the city. The meeting was _called to or- der by Mayor A. A. Carter, who was unanimously elected chair- man, snd W. B. Stewart was chosen secretary. There is -a dehermlnamon nn the part of Bemidji citizens to' use all honorable means in se- curing the school for this city, and no effort will be spared from that - sentiment _predominated last night. Professor. Stewart was .the; first speaker called upon for remarks. - He had but a few days ago returned from a pri- vate trip to - St. Paul, during which he had felt the “‘legislative pulse,” as it were, relative to the normal school matter, and the citizens-assembled were anxious to hear from him. Mr. Stewart stated that he had found many influential people who not only fayored the establishing of a sixth normal school, Behalf of Bemidji. school at Bemidji as being the most advantageous and desirable point. There were some who did not favor the school project, atall, and a very few were not particular where the school would be located, although -be- lieving that a sixth normal was a necessity. He had found that Thief River Falls was in the “game” for the school, and that village already had a noted lobby- ist doing quiet work for locating the school there. He beheved that the outlook *was very en- couraging for Bemidji. ‘Repre- sentative Opsahl of this city was doing much quiet, but effective, work for Bemidji. -He believed that the only thing- necessary to insure success was for the “hustlers’ of thiscity to ‘get busy,” but advised : careful pro- ceedure so-as not to' unneces- aa.rlly antagoniz2 the other aspir- ! ants for the plum. | T.7. Miller stated that he was! this time on to gain that end, und’ certain that Bemidji had:the unanimous and hearty support ‘Tof at least one state senator—a strong democrat whose influence l was felt in all important matters considered in the legislature— Senator 8. D. Works of Man- kato, who 'had assured several | citizens of his hearty co-operation and the best efforts of which he was capable. " E. J. Swedback, ex-state sena- tor was the: next 'speaker. He suggested that a bill locating the normal school at Bemidji: be drawn and that Senator Hsnson | bill which he presented at the last session of the legislature, for the location of a school here, was killed in the senate commit: tee, certain interested parties of influence not desiring’ that the bill be passed at that time. P. J. Russell had been in cor- respondence with both Repre- sentative Opsahl and Senator Hanson. He believed that, by all means, the fight should be made on a bill establishing the school at Bemidji, and for an éleventh- hour substitute the location be left to the selection of the normal school board. - He was fully con- vinced that, by the right kind of work, the school could not only be established but would be lo- cated here. We have the best rallroad facilities, there being practically four lines of railways; centering in -Bemidji, and ' ten passenger trains daily run inand: out of -the city. Plenty of land would be donated. - He had sent a bill to:both Senator Hanson and Representative Opsahl, with the request. that they introduce ‘them, and he had been given the assurances of support from' sev- eral of the most prominent mem- bers of both branches of the] legislature. . Thief River Falls was located at the stub-end of a .branch line of the G. N. railway, running from Crookston. True,] that place had the Soo road, but the trains did not run six months in: the ‘year, and were of little value, 8o far, to that place. E. B McDonald was called but who be requested to introduce theupon for his views in the matter. were nlsg in favor of loé.nting the ‘measure.” He stated that the When the bill was int’roducedfiho | Bemidji. < years ago to establish a school here, investigations showed that conditions were different from now. The Duluth normal was not nearly filled, and the capacity of some of the other normals was not at all taxed, so that the bill was killed, or . that session. Tt was entirely different now., The five iormal schools were crowded and were unable to accommodate all who desired to attend. He believed - that the agitation of two years ago favoring Bemidji for a school would innure te our benefit now. We should first, create a sentiment in favor of establishing a sixth school and then after the location with a determination that-there should be no let-up. His idea was toin- troduce two bills, one each in the house the senate, simultan ously, and that progress bs made at abovt the same rate in both bouses.. When there was a joint meeting . of the committees, claims should be presented and the case made so strong that a | favorable report = would issue. This report would have much to do with the ultimate determina- tion and disposition of the bill He believed the prospects were good for Bemidji. A. B. Allen would like to see the matter go through, and would do all in his -power to aid the movement. He knew several members of the leglsls.fiurs and would teke up the matter with fi‘hem. +-Gonld was asked for his the appointment of'a committee “of six or more to go to St. Paul and assist in ‘pushing “the bills for locating the normal school at B B. McDonald suggested that; Iater, the committee could] ‘| be increased as the occasion: de- manded; when the committees met & strong showing~should’ Be ‘mage; Mr. Stewart stated that no now prepared and there was no -intention to ask an. appropriation '| at this time. No mioney was to be‘axpended ander the provisions® ot the pro- posed bills; until 1908 accerding to P. J. Russell, who had drawn the Bemidji bill;, and who knew of the contents of the. Cass Lake bill. The suggestion that a eommlb tee of six be appointed to go to St. Paul resulted in the selection of E. J. Swedback, W. A. Gould, P. J. Russell, A, P: Ritchie, A, A. Carter and Clyde J. Pryor, with E.E. McDonald ssalt.ernul.e for Mr. Gould, It was agreed thns there should be prepared data showing all the advantages of Bemidji for the locations of a normal school —the excellent hotel accomoda- tions, unexcelled railroad facili- ties reaching out to the four points of the compass, the ex- cellent location which can be offered for a site, and the health- ful climate and attractive scenery and environments that accom- pany the proposition to locatethe school in this city. Professor Ritchie had pre- pared & map, showing the exact location of Bemidji relative to the other five schools already estab- lished. It demonstrated that this city was as near the geographical center of the unoc- cupied territory not covered by a normal as could be figured. The map also showed that at least one-third of the state was not represented by & normal According to State Superintend- ent Olson, more.than 1,200 appli- cants for ‘teachers’ certificates had failed to pass the state exam- inations, and - most of the' appli- ‘opinion in the matter, He favored | - appropriation went With the bills cants were from the north half of the state—the one-third not represented by a normal- school. In Beltrami county, there was but one teacher outside the city schools who was a normal gradu- ate. The speaker belieyed that the ratio would hold good as to other counties in this part of the state. E E. McDonald again . spoke, stating that he was informed that the average normal school build- ing erected by the state would cost $175,000; and it wounld coss $35,000 to maintain the school after once started. Thisamount of money expended in a com- munity meaut much to the pros- perity of the place. Mr. Gould assured the meet- ing that be would see to. it that many good men were put to hustling for Bemidji in this matter, and that he wou'd be on hand when the final struggle began, The meeting adjourned -sine die, the members of the newly- appointed committee holding an executive session immediately after adjournment of the mass meeting. THE MAYOR'S PETITION BEING LARGELY SIGNED Two Hundred Names Secured ifi First Two Hours.—Mr. Carter’s Admin- istration Commended.- A petition has been circulated during the past two days, for the candidacy of A, A. Carter to suc- ceed himself as mayor of the city of Bemidji, and the document is being very generously signed. During the first.two honrs that the petition was in circulation, names thereto, and many others are signing today, which indi- cates a general demand for the return of Mayor Carter to the position of executive officer of the city. slight opposition tothe candidacy of Mr. Carter for re-election, it is not believed that it comes from those who have the best interests of the city at heart; those who pay the taxes and desire to see Bemidji strive and take her place among the best cities in the north half of the state. Mr, Carter’s administration of affairs during the past year has, according to many who have ex- pressed themselves on the sub- ject, been conservative and fair to all, and there appears to be a desire for the retention of the old administration of the city’s affairs. The petition of Mr. Gould for alderman-at-large has also been circulated and is being signed by all who are shown it. Mr. Gould has made an excellent presiding officer of the council and it woald tinue him 1n-a position where he has done such excellent work for the- clty, Another Patient for Pest House. : Ole Jacobson was brought ‘to the county pest honse'yesterday, by the overland :route, from the Tucker logging camps, locutsd on the boundary line between Beltrami and Itasca counties, Tucker camps are under quaran- tine, and Jacobson was taken inmate of the pest house until he recovers. ¢ - Local news on iast page. The Pioneer at all times has in '-mk oflee supplies of evety mrlyfioo voters atteched their— While there may be “some - be a great mistake to not cen- northeast of Blackduck. The with smallpox, and will be an .