Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, March 1, 1907, Page 1

o - apecial THE BEMIDJT VOLUME 4. NUMBER 263 ATLY BEMIDJ1, MINNESOTA. FRIDAY ‘EVENING. MARCH 1. 1907 _PIONE MINNES(;TA : HISTORICAL | TEN CENTS PER WEEK LANDS FOR DAIRY FARMS IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA Experts Agree That Lands of This Part of the State Afford Great Opportunities for Dairy Farming--- Finest, Richest Clover Can Be Raised Here. NorthernZMinnesota lands, experts and authorities who have made personal investigations de- elare, should be in great demand right now for dairy farms, while all of the tracts withiu five or t-n miles of the cities and towns h .uld be held at goodiy prices .or truck gardens, That these are not present conditions is due to the fault of some onein not setting these advantages before eastern homeseekers versed in the arts of dairying and raising garden produce, Experts agree that the lands of Northern Minnesota afford in- finitely better opportunities for premium dairy farms than do those of Denmark and Sweden. Ivis declared that the finest, richest, most succulent clover of any in the world can be pro- duced on the ground that has been mulched for centuries by the forest trees. Such clover will, beyond all manner of doubt, produce the best of milk and cream and the butter products by experience and care, can be made to take rank even above the world-renowned butter of Denmark. As for the truck farming in- dustry in the vicinity of the cities and towns, Northern Minnesota will certainly produce everything that Southern Canada, Northern Vermont and New Hampshire and central Maine will, There is almost undisputable evidence from limited experience, as well as from the nature of the soil _— e |minusofthe M. & I, and more that the yields of such truck farms will, in the hands of skill- ed garden workers, far surpass even the famous yields of Maine and Ontario. The steady growth of the cities of this section and the present high cost of import- ing “garden sass’” from other states assures ready and steady markets for all vegetables at good profits. Of course, tho heavily timbered nature of most of the land will necessitate considerable work in clearing, but an expert farmer and dairyman would welcome an encircling belt of timber as the best of wind and storm breaks and as affording shelter for cattle in summer and whenever the in- clemency of the scason does not necessitate confinementin barns. The experiences of those who have so far made eminent suc- cesses of dairy places in this re- gion prove these claims. To the objction that there are few roads through Northern Minnesota aud that rail com- munication is of the poorest, it may safely be answered that roads will be constructed and electric steam lines will follow quickly on the demand for ser- vice. That has been the experi- ence everywhere else and there is no reason for thinking that it will fail in this section. That all of Northern Miunesota, except, of course, the forest reserve, will bea string of dairy and LOGGING THREE MILLION ON INDIAN RESERVATION Chris Burns of Cass Lake, >0ne of the Successful Operators This Winter. Chris Burns of Cass Lake, who bhas a sub-contract with Sam Simpson to log on the Chippewa reservation near Cass Lake was in the city last evening. Mr. Burns has taken a con- tract that Mr. Simpson origin- ally made with the Northland Pine company (a branch of the Weyerhauser syndicate), which calls for the cutting and hauling of three million feet of pine, lo- cated in Town 145-29, eight miles northeast of Cass Lake, most of the timber being on the banks of Cass (Mississippi) river, midway between Cass Lake and Lake Winnibigoshish. Mr. Burns has already cut about two and a quarter million feet of his erigi- nal contract for three million, and expects toclean up nicely before the spring thaw. The logs are landed on the ice in Cass river and on Cass Lake, and will be driven down the Cass river in the spring to Lake Winnibigosh- ish, and from there taken on down the Mississippi and its eral criminal appeals bill where- by the government can appeal its suit in criminal cases, Mrs. Nelgon has been quite ill for some waeks with a bad attack of grip. At the senator’s home last night it'was said that he was in good spirits and only needed a rest. See the Show, Tonight. “The Old; Clothes Man,” a play which ghightly borders on the sensational, mever steps far beyond the line, its eomedy and pathos being well balanced. Its startling situations occur natur- ally, while its “unusual and spectacular features, ‘‘the mar- riage in the snow’ and the prize fight, in which the ¢Yiddish twist” comes into prominence, are the most:popular, and never fail to arouse an audience to the utmost enthusiasm. “The Old Clothes Man,” with the author, James Kyrle MacCurdy in the title role, will be seen at the Opera house, ' tonight. Danny Dougherty aud Kid Sharkey, the pruminent little boxers, are pre- sented in the last act as special features of the ‘arena scene. POPULAR TEAGHER DIED Miss Gertrude Yates, Aged 28, Suc- cumbed to a Hemorrhage of the Lungs. Cass Lake, March 1.—(Special to the Pioneer.)—Miss Gertrude Yates, a teacher in the schools here, died this morning at 9 olclock. Miss Yates has been ill for sevaral months, but. her condition was not thought to be serious until the last few days. The immediate cause of her death “this morning was a hemorrhage of the lungs. The body: wul be taken to Mankato'tomorrow morning for burial at that place. ‘Miss Yates had lived in this city with her parents for three years:past, during which time she has been in charge of the Wifth grade in the Cass Lake GOVERNOR ASKED TO OUST TGS LNETOY) - SHERIFF OF CASS COUNTY |P. M. Ringdahl, Chairman of the Bcard ef Control, Files Lengthy Complaint, With Serious Charges Against Alex B, R St. Paul, March 1.—(Special 1o Pioneer )—P. M. Ringdahl, chair- man of the state board of con- trol, today filed charges of mal- feasance in office against Sheriff Alex B. Riddell of Cass county. Mr. Riogdahl filed a lengthy complaint with specific charges and asked that Governor John- son remove Sheriff Riddell from office, In his complaint Mr. Ringdahl | states that Sheriff Riddell made false reports of expenses in- curred while in pursuance of his duties in removing prisoners from Walker, Cass county, to the schools. - She . was 28 years of age, and was popular and re- spected. ~Her death has caused Fire at Big Falls. 7 Big Falls Compass: flire this morning totally destroyed Geo. P. Watson’s new office building, occupied by the Big Fork & In- ternational Construction Co. as tributaries out of this north country to the Weyerhauser mills elsewhere, instead of being man- ufactured in Cass Lake, as they should. M. & 1. Putting up lce. The M. & I, railway is filling the ice houses:along the line and preparatory to an increased de- mand that will be made on the supply next summer, there is much more being putup thisyear than previously. Two carloads truck farms before many years isa safe speculation. “‘Prunes” Can Skate a few. Billy “Prunes’” Newton of car- toon fame who has been spending a few days in the city on busi nesshas beenskatibg at theroller rink every night for several nights now. When the roller skating craze was in its height just twenty years ago, Mr. New- ton traveled all over the country giving exhibits of fancy skating | and trick bicycle-riding. Ha has,) however not had rollers on for over twenty years uasil he put them on in the Crookston rink a few nights ago, but he soon got back some of the old tricks and la~t night did a few fancy “.runts’’ on the rollers He siates that the new st:el skates are much better and faster than the old b xwoods. “Pruncs’ is known among his| fellows up in this “seck o’ the woods; and when we get our skating rink going he will be got- ten up here for an exbibition. Municipal Court at Grand Rapids. The Duluth News-Tribune of yesterday printed the following telegram from Graud Rapids relative to the proposed (establishing of a muuicipal court in that village: +Grand Repids, Feb. 27.—The rumor that the village council is contemplating the establishment of a muuicipal court here, has caused considerable uncasiness :among the taxpayers. Undoubt- «edly such a move would place an :additional heavy burden upon them, and it is doubted if the benefits to be derived would Justify the expense to which the village would be put in such an -event. “It is argued that the justice courts are in every way in- adequate to carry on the business that would be required of a local .court. Certainly no one would consent to give his time and brains to the work entailed for a; small remunperation, and the village would therefore be forced to pay a large salary to the judge of the court. A clerk would be necessary, and that also would cost money. It is true that the fines collected would be turned over to the city but it is not be- lieved that the conditions here are such that they would amount to enough to defray even the major part of the expense.” “‘0ld Clothes Man” Tonight. “It's easy enough to be pleasant When lite flows along like a song, But the man that's worth while Is the man that can smile When everything goes dead wrong.” The above is the motto of ““The Old Clothes Man” who appears at the City Opera house tonight. ““The Old Clothes Man” inherits a fortune and becomes a million- aire. H» believes his days of poverty are over; ‘but while drinking a toast to his golden foture, the rightful heir (an opium wreck—supposed to be dead) bursts in like a spectre upon the happy group ¢f friends brought together by ' ¢The Old Clothes Man” to enj)y « feast in hishonor. The opiun wreck proves his identity, the old Jew’s dream is over; the milliocnaire be- comes once more a pauper. This is the most cleverly enacted jscene ever attempted on the stage, and James Kyrle Maec- Curdy, in the title role of <The Old Clothes Man,” has scored the dramatic success of the season by his wonderful por- trayal of this character. At the Opera house, tonight A Good Record. of ice are being shipped to Big Falls, the present northern ter- will probably follow, the ice being supplied by G. E, Carson of Be- midji. % One hundred tons of ice have been stored in the M. & I. ice house in South Bemidji, ready for the warm weather. When the Big Falls-Interna- tional Falls extension of the road is completed, there will be in- creased demand for ice, and the company is preparing for this anticipated extra supply. Musical Yesterday. Miss Dickinson and her pupils held a musical at her studio, yesterday afternoon. The pro- gram was as follows: Joyful Greetings—Esipof Sweet Dreams—Klabler. Country Smiles—Pascal ..Mae Cowgill Birthday Party—Sabathi Callie Arnold The Bell in the Valley—Hermann. Annie Klein ..... Gladys Vye ottie McDonald Vanished Dreams—Scoot May Day Dance—Richl. Lark's Song—Tchakovsk; Staccti—Lichter. Waltz—Chopt! The Merry Mill—Dranz. Barcarolle—Scharwenk: Merriment Waltz—Bach: Etta Gould Lillian Signel manda Klein Rubie Henrionette Nellie Shannon --Mary Kfein ettie Dangerfield nn. . Mydia Knutze Knox Will Be Chief. C. J. Knox and wife came down this morning from North- ome and will remain in the city at least during the balance of the winter. It is said that Mr. Knox will receive the appointment of chief of police from Mayor Pogue, next Tuesday. Mr. Knox has been in the employ of the Crookston Lumber company for some time past, and has been Out of all the external remedies on the market we doubt if there |is one that has the record of that world-renowned porous plaster —Allcock’s, It has now been in use for sixty years, and still con- tinues to be as popular as - ever in doing its great work of re- ilieving our pains and aches. It is the remedy we all need when suffering from any form of ache cold or over-strain. Allcock’s Plasters are sold by civilized world. are in need of office supplies. Call at the Pioneer when you ference. stationed at Northome, Senator Nelson Overworked. Washington, D. C., March 1.— Senator Knute Nelson was obliged to leave his duties at the capitol yesterday and go to his home. The senator is over- worked and his friends have ad- vised him to stay away from the senate during the remainder. of or pain resulting from taking |this session, He has been laboring night and day and took a most prominent all druggists in every part of the | PArtin discussing the currency bill and also was in daily attend- ance on the river and harbor con- He has scored a suc- cess in putting through the fed- office and sleeping rooms. The fire originated upstairs while the men were at breakfast. Alarm was given, but the engine house was locked and the fire engine frozen up. So our brave firemen contented themselives with carry- ing buckets to save other property. The office furniture on the lower: floor was saved. The building was worth about $700, and was insured for $500 in the Farmers & Merchants Ins..Co, M. B. A. Attention. The local M. B, A. lodge will initiate several candidates at the regular meeting to be held to- morrow evening. A New Eagland supper will be served after the initiation ceremonies. All mem- bers of the order are earnestly requested to be present, —M. A. Clark, Secretary. CASS LAKE BOWLERS DEFEAT PARK RAPIDS Game Played at Cass Lake Last Even- ing.—Visiting Players Entertained After Game. Cass Lake, March 1.—(Special to the Pioneer.)—The Park Rap- ids bowling club came up from their home last evening and went against the hardy aggregation that represents this village and went down to defeat, very grace fully, by 171 pins. The game was played at the Burns’ alleys, and was witnessed by a large number of people. At the conclusion of the game, there was a social session, and a general good time was had by the members of both teams. A return game will be played at Park Rapids in the near future. Has a Good Plot. The old Jew has staked every dollar he has 1n the world on his protege, “Terry, the kid,” buty ay the last moment the kid is drugged. To regain his fortune, “The O'd Clothes Man' (James Kyrle MacCurdy) jumps into the ring himself, and the de- risive jeers of the spectators ‘at the ridiculous antics of the old Jew are suddenly changed to amazed cheers as he knocks out his opponent with his trick blow. the “Yiddish twist,” thus win- ning a fortune. G “The Old Clothes Man” will be at the City Opera house Friday night, March 1. Saturday and Monday extra- ordinary values in underwear, genuine sorrow here. - Miss Yates visited Bemidji on several occasions and was known to several of the teachers in:.the schools there, g Our new arrivals of spring 1907 dress goods are marvels of beauty. The assortment un- usually large now on display at Berman Emporium. BRIEF. BITS OF NEWS. Richard M. C. Perking, a well known, member of .the American colony of Parls, is dead. It is officially announced that ‘two cases of the plague have occurred at Muanza, German East Africa. Violent anti-Masonic - rioting oe- curred at Reims, France, Thursday. Many persons were injured and the police made ‘160 arrests. ) - Snip owners and: exporters of Nevw Orleans have launched a movement to bring about a transfer of the quaran- tine station for that port from state to federal control. The Porto Rican legislative assem- bly has adopted the bill providing for the abolishment of the death pen- alty, thus saving the lives of several persons who awalit execution. Official returns of Argentine trade for 1906 show the imports to be $269,- 000,000 and the exports $292,000,000. The imports increased $65,000,000 and the exports decreased $30,000,000. ‘Wendell Philipps Garrison, son of ‘William Lloyd Garrison, the abolition- ist, and for more than forty years editor of the New York Nation, is dead at South Orange, N. J.,, aged sixty-six years. An appeal to the Methodist Episco- pal church of the United States for $500,000 for the current year has been decided upon by the merged Freed- man’s Aid, Sunday school and educa- tional boards of that denomination. William Welch, believed to be the oldest citizen of New Hampshire, the oldest member of the G. A. R. and the oldest Mason in the United States, is dead at Claremont, N. H. Mr. Welch was 106 years old on March 29 last. MARKET QUOTATIONS. Minneapolis Wheat. ‘Mianeapolis, Feb. 28.—Wheat—May, 79@79%e; July, 80c; Sept., 78%c. On track—No. 1 hard, 81% @82%¢; No. 1 Northern, 805 @81%c; No. 2 North: ern, 78% @179%¢c; No. 3 Northern, 75 7Te. St. Paul Unlon Stock Yards. St. Paul, Feb. 28.—Cattle—Good to choice steers, $5.50@6.25; common to good, $4.00@5.00; good to choice cows and heifers, $3.50@4.75; veals, $4.50@ 5.75. Hogs—$6.65@6.75. Sheep—Weth- ers, $4.75@5.25; good to prime lambs, $6.50@7.20. Duluth Wheat and Flax. Duluth, Feb. 28.—Wheat—To arrive wnd on track—No. 1 hard, 81%c¢; No. 1 Northern, 80%c; No. 2 Northern, 78%c; May, 80%c; July, 80%c; Sept., 7834¢c. Flax—To arrive and on track, $1.207%; May, $1.22%; July, $1.22%; Oct., $1.18%. Chicago Grain and Provisions. Chicago, Feb. 28.—Wheat—May, 775c; July, 78%ec. Corn—May, 47% @47%c; July, 46%c. Oats—May, 4214 @42%c; July, 37%c. Pork—May, $16.52%; July, $16.65. Butter—Cream- erles, 22@32%c; dairies, 20@30c. Eggs—20@20%c. Poultry—Turkeys, 10c; chickens and springs, 11c. | Chicago Union Stock Yards. Chicago, Feb: 28.—Cattle—Beeves, $4.15@6.90; cows and heifers, $1.60@ 5.25; stockers and feeders, $2.80@ 4.85; Texans, $3.76@4.75; calves, $6.00 @7.560. Hogs—Mixed and butchers, 1$6.80@7.05; sood heavy, $7.00@ 7.07%; rough heavy, $6.80@6.90; light, $6.80@7.02%; pigs, $6.15@86.75. Sheep, $3.65@5.70; lambs, $4.76@7.86. hose and wrappers.. Berman’s, Pioneer want adsbring results: reformatory at St. Cloud, and!| that he was paid this money by the state on these false reports, It is alleged that-on Nov. 27, 1906, ~Sheriff Riddell took a| prisoner. from Walker' to St. Cloud and that in his:statement to the state auditor, he- certified | that he was accompanied from Walker to St. Cloud by one Fred Reitz who acted as a guard .and that the additional aggregate ex- pense incurred by this guard was $16 40. The bill was pre- sented to the state auditor, was allowed and paid. Mr. Ringdahl| alleges that Sheriff Riddell wasi uot accompanied on this trip by! Fred Reitzand that the sheriff appropriated this money for his own use. Mr. Ringdabl also cited a simi- lar case several months in which he alleges that. Sheriff Riddell} obtained a similar amount froim the state upon presenting false items in his bill. It is said that; the trick was being tried again when Sheriff Riddell was de- tected and the bill headed off and iddell of Walker. ithat tlis led toan investigation which resulted in the charges being filed with the governor. Guvernor Johnson will investi- gate the charges and has ap- pointed Harvey W. Grimmer spe- cial commissioner to investigate the charges. He will receive testimony at St Cloud, Stearns county, on March 2. 2 Sberiff Riddell was appointed sheriff of Cass county less than a year ago to fill the unexpired term of George L. Hardy, de- ceased. He was elected to the office for anew term at the last election. The state authorities have been aware of the charges pend- ing against Sheriff Riddell for some time but the formal com- plaint was deferred as it was not known whether he..could be re- moved from « flice because of al- leged ' irregularities committed during a previous term. Spe- cial Counsel Jelly of the attorney general’s office investigated the matter and gave it as his opinion that it made no difference in what term the offense was com- mitted so far as the governor’s power of removing him was con- cerred. 1 Alexander B. Riddell, the sheriff of Cass county, is well known to many people in Be- midji, having visited here on sev- eral occasions since he-was ap- pointed to |fill the office of sheriff, and also since- his election last fall. His friends in this vicinity hope that he may be able to clear him- self of the charges recited above, which are very direct. —_— Three “days special sale on waists and children’s coats. Greatest values ever offered in Bemidji. Berman’s Emporium. W. L. Preble, superintendent of logging for the Walker & Ake- ley Logging company, came in last evening from Akeley and will remain here until Monday morning. Mr. Preble had charge of twelve work horses, which are being sent to the company’s camps near Farley. A shipment of suits and coats in the most beautiful new spring styles on display at Berman’s. Joseph Springer, engineer on the M. & I. has returned from Spokane, where he spent the past six weeks visiting with rela- tives. T00 LATE TO CLASSIFY. - e oo LOST — Pocketbook containing bills and silver. Finder re- turn to Challenge Hotel. ren’s shoes are most complete. Berman’s. Quality and values the best, a.tl Our lines of ladies’ and child-| WANTED—Competent girl for general house work. Highest wages paid. Inquire at Ber- man Emporium. john Fresh from thei design, medium roll brim . Stetson’s ‘‘Feather’—ligh Advance Spring (270 B. Stetson’s Spring 1907 Hot Styles r Packing Boxes In Stiff Hats Stetson’s *‘Locust’—conservative in -.$4.00 Stetson’s ‘““Focto”’—the “young'r‘nlammuh’s $ small proportioned hat, flattish set brim.. . 4000 t weight, self-con $ “forming to the head, spring b!ockf S 4'00 Stetson’s “Initial’’—telesCope, two varieties of binding, two shapes, two shades....... $3'50 Stetson’s ‘“Cahoe’’—three colors, wear dent crown or crown unmolested. .. ... ... ... $3'50 1907 - Suits, Over- coats, Hats, Shirts in finest new styles, from most important sourcgs in America