Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, March 19, 1907, Page 1

| . TE VOLUME 4 NUMBER 478 BEMIDJ1, MINNESOTA. TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH MINNESOTA RICAL 19, 1907, TEN CENTS PER WEEK SENATE ADOPTS MINORITY NORMAL SCHOOL REPORT Senators Works and Hanson Secured the Adoption of the Report Favoring the ‘““General Bill”” as Against Cass Lake Bill, in Committee of Whole. When the senate committee on State Normal Schools last Fri- day reported the bill to locate a normal school at Cass Lake, with- out recommendation of any kind, and agreed to indefinite post- ponement of consideration of the general bill (to locate a school at some point along the line of the Great Northern railway between Duluth and East Grand Forks or north of there) there was much rejoicing in the Cass Lako crowd and boasts ot a ‘“‘victory won.” Bemidji and the other sup-| porters of the “‘general bill” took the report manfully, buf immedi- ately got busy, with the result that the Daily Pioneer today re- ceived the following telegrau: “St. Paul, March 19.—To the Bemidji Daily Pioneer: Works!: and Hanson succeeded in getting bill back on general orders, (Signed) A. R, Erickson.” The Pioneer telephoned Sen- ator Hanson who explained that this forenoon the senate, in com- mittee of the whole, adoptetl the minority report of the wormal committee—the general bill, lo- cating the proposed school on the Great Northern at some point between Duluth and East Grand Forks, or north of that ine. This places the matter in exactly the same condition as it was prior to the report which created such glee to the Cass Lake people, and gives Bemidji an excellent fighting chance for the school, should one be deter mined upon. 5 p. m. Both bills voted down in the senate. CONGRESSMAN STEENERSON AND LAW PARTNER HERE Are Attorneys in Famous Boomage Cases Against Rainy Lake River Boom Company. Congressman Steenerson and his law partner, Charles Loring, are here today from Crookston, attending court. The Crookston Times of last evening says of their visit here: “The spring term of court will open at Bemidji tomorrow morn- ing and Steenerson and Loring of this city will leave this even- ing for that place to be mn attend- ance. They have three important cases which involve in all about $40,000 to be tried there at this term of court. These cases are the famous boomage cases. In these three cases the Rainy Lake River Boom company are the de- fendantsin three separate actions to recover boom ge charges. The three companies who bring the actions are the International Boomage company, the Manakan Lumber company and the Shev lin-Matthien Lumber company. In one case the International Boomage company and the Manakan Lumber company bring the action against the Rainy Lake Boomage company. In the other the Manakan Lumber com- pany brings action alone and in the third case the Shevlin-Mat- thieu Lumber company brings the action all against the same ccmpany.” Recital Thursday Evening. The recital to be given Thurs- day evening by Mrs. Foster and | and local talent promises to be one of the very best entertain- ments given for some time. The numbers to be given by Pro- fessor Turner are especially good. The Kinder Symphony by a number of the children is especially good. The program in its entirety is as follows: PROGRAM, Kinder Symphony Lay Humming Bird Waltz Elbri Invitation to the Dance....... Weber Pridham Lucene McCualg Quartette—Santa Lucia. ....... .o.ooeeeen Mrs. Smythe, Mrs. Pryor, Miss Miller, Miss Haldeman Bubbling SPIINE . veveveveieiiins Rive-King Olive Mill Trio—March Des Lambour: .Sidney Smith Margaret Anderson Lucene McCualg .. Haydn Russell Dorothy Cars The Toreador ("Carmen") . Blzet Mr. Turn Overture—Poet and Peasant (two pianos) ........................... Suppe Miss Roberts, Miss Kaelbel, Miss Mayer, Xrs, Poster. Sonatina No.6..... +ooeeo-Kahlan Margaret Andersor Miserere (“Trovatore”) ..... Mr. Symington, Mr. Kinne Valse..(two pianos)..... Emil Engel, Mrs. Fo A New Heaven and a New E Holy City").... Mr. March—Tannhauser. - Wagner Mrs, Love the Pedlar.... -...Edw. German Mrs. Smythe Picollo Fantasie... (two pianosh.......... -..Edmund Braham Meeting Commercial Club This Evening. A meeting of the Bemidji Commercial Club will be held at the City Council Chambers this evening at 8:30. Proposed action in the matter of the Normal schocl will be discussed, also adoption of by-laws and organiza- tion. All members snould attend. F. S. LYCAN, President. MARGH TERM DISTRICT COURT GONVENED TODAY Judge Spooner Presides--Calendar Con- sidered and Cases Set--Grand Jury is Charged. COURT OFFICERS Hon. M. A. Spooner, district judge. Henry Funkley, county attorney. T. W. Rhoda, clerk of court, Mayer, Eva Foster, Mrs. Foster Probate Court. Saturday, March 16, ’07. Warrant to appraisers in the Ne o-cum-ig estate issued. John W. Carl and J.T. Van Metre were appointed as appraisers. Monday, March 18, 07. Hearing on petition for admin- istration in the estate of J. P. Taylor was held. An order was issued appointing Lucy Taylor, the wife of said deceased as ad- ministratrix. Warrant to ap- praisers was issued. Geo. A. Tanner and Fred Brinkman were vamed as appraisers. Peter Hanson Dahl of Aure, filed a petition with the court for determination of the heir of Ida Peterson Dahl, deceased. An order for hearing on the same was issued and the date set for hearing is April 26th, 1907. Successful Basket Party. The members of Scandinavian Aid Lodge, No. 43, of Bemidji, gave a basket party at the Crookston Lumber company’s club rooms, last Saturday even- ing. Nearly 100 persons were present, and forty-five baskets were disposed of, There was dancing, Symington’s orchestra furnishing the music for the occasion, The members of the committee having the affair in charge, Fred Anderson, Gunner Omland and Ed. Falstad, desire the Pioneer to extend the thanks of the lodge for the use of the club rooms, which were donated for the occasion, free of charge. Logged Near Northome. John Meyer left last evening for Northome, where he will close up the business in connec- tion with the logging which he has been doing this winter. Mr. Meyer had a camp about three miles east of Northome, where he cut a large quantity of logs for the Irvine & O’Neil company. He put in 1,700,000 feet of pine, 10,000 poles, 16,000 posts and about 20,000 ties. Mr. Meyer will return to Be- midji in a few days with his wife and five children and will make this place their home. K. P. Meeting Tonight. A regular meeting of Bemidji Lodge, No. 168, K. of P., will be held this evening, and work in the second rank will be con- ferred, followed by a social ses- sion. Additional local matter will be found i on fourth page. Read the Daily Pioneer, Thos. Bailey, sheriff. J.J. Oameron, court reporter. GRAND JURORS 0. M. Olson, Hornet. Samuel Marin, Bemidji. John Anderson, Alaska. L. I Otterstad, Turtle River. John Hartman, Kelliher. Joseph McTagzart, Bemidji. C. E. Green, Hornet. James Wynne, Alaska. Dunk Wilcox, Bemidji. Frank M. Hickerson, Alaska. W.E. Rice, Northern. W. M. Austin, Nebish. Edward Rako, Bemidjl. W. E. Arnold, Northern. 0. B. Olson, Kelliher. Frank Johnson, Baudette. John Jamtvold, Roosevelt. Nate Peckham, Roosevelt. C. G. Lyon, Bemidji, ‘W. N. Bowser, Bemidji. Ed Cornwall, Bemidji. ‘William Hillgrove, Bemidji. PETIT JURORS Andrew Edwards, Nebish. E.J. Taylor, Blackduck. H. Eikstadt, Frohn. W. 8. Chapman, City Bemidji. 8. G. Maule, Tenstrike. L. 0.Ungstad, Frohn. M. E. Minton, City Bemidjt. Louts Solberg, City Bemidji. 8.J. Juelson, Blackduck. H. 0. Neal, Baudette. Charles Lamon, Lammers. Charles Saxrud, Maple Ridge. H. N. Hildreth, Solway. Peter Maule, Tenstrike. F. N. Ludwig, Tenstrike. Albert Zilbert, Farley. Fred Olson, Blackduck. Martin Galchutt, City Bemidji. Nels Sorenson, Jones. Pete Loso, Blackduck. Frank A. Johnson, Quiring. John Thoren, Lammers. - John Olson, Bemidjl. Fred Idhe, Liberty. BELTRAMI COUNTY BAR. F. S. Arnold, D, H. Fisk, H. J. Loud, P. J. Russell, E. E. McDonald, G. W. Campbell Johu Gibbons, O. M. Skinvik, Chas. W. Scrutchin, Henry Funkley, Chester Mc- Kusick, Graham M. Torrance, H. A. Stmons, A. M. Crowell, George E. Ericson, Frank C- Hale. The Beltrami county district court convened this morning with Judge M. A. Spooner on the bench and was opened by Deputy Sheriff Arne Solberg. The grand jury was then called, and it being found there were but seventeen present, a special venire was issued, after which they were sworn inand charged by the court. The civil calendar was then called and a number of cases dis- posed of and others set for trial. The petit jury will be called to- morrow and the trial of civil jury cases will commence. COURT NOTES. Among the attorneys from out of town ‘we notice C. J. Rock- wood of Minneapolis and Charles Loring and R, A. Wilkinson of Crookston. ; The court appointed W. N. Bowser as foreman of the grand jury and Frank Stevens as officer in charge of the grand jury. 1. B. Olson is acting as deputy { sheriff,duirng the term. The session of the grand jury will probably last during the bal- ance of the week, as there are several matters of importance to be brought before that body, among which is the investigation of the charges against James Wesley and Paul Fournier. Charles Gustafson, of Ten- strike was excused from service on the grand jury, he claiming exemption as postmaster. D. W. Carter, of Quiring, was excused from the grand jury work, claiming his exemption, being past the required age of 50 years. Assist Library Board. The City Library Board met Saturday evening and after affecting an organization decided that it would be best to look over the library before making any recommendation to the council as to its needs. With a view of assisting the board in selecting such books as the readers may desire, persons interested are requested to make out a list of such books as he or she may prefer and leave the same with the librarian as soon as con-| venient. The board reserves the | right to recommend or reject any i books thus submitted. ! D R O i SENTENGED T0 THE PEN | CHARGE GRAND LARGENY Two Koochiching County Lawbreakers Draw Hard-labor Penalties--- Stole Beef. Judge Spooner yesterday sen- tenced two lawbreakers from Koochiching eounty to the state penitentiary for larceny committ- ed at Mizpab, recently. The men’s names were Mike Green ‘and Fred Horey. They were arrested at Mizpah on March 14th, charged with having stolen four quarters of beef from C. L. Conger at Mizpah on March 13th, Theywere arraigned before W. J. Potter, justice of the peace at Mizpah, who bound them over to await the action of the next grand jury of Koochichinrg coun- ty,and in default of bail they were committed to the Beltrami | county jail, which is the district jail for the new county, Kooch-} iching having no county baar.st.ile,I Green and Horey expressedaj desire to plead guilty and throw| themselves on the mercy of the district court. This they were allowed to do, C. W. Stanton, ! county attorney of Koochiching! county, filling the necessary in- formation in the cases. Judge Spooner sentenced Green to serve eighteen months at hard labor in the penitentiary at Still- water, and Horey was given a like sentence for one year, While Green is about 85 years of age, Horey is but 20. Has Logged Eight Million. W. T. Blakeley, the Farley log- gér, was a visitor in the city to- day. Mr. Blakeley states that the winter’s logging has been very fair with him, despite the deep snow and other adverse conditions that threatened to bankrupt nearly every logger in the north half of the state. Mr. Blakeley states that he has got REGULAR MEETING CITY COUNGIL LAST EVENING All Bids on City Printing Rejected--- Batch of Bills Allowed---Routine Business. The regular meeting of the city council was held last even- ing and after the reading of the minutes of the last meeting the routine work was taken up. The bids for the city priating were then taken up, the council rejecting all bids and calling for new bids, to be opened at the next meeting. The finance committee then made a general report of the finances of the city which was accepted and filed. The liquor license of J. P. Sig- nel was accepted and license granted. The clerk was instructed to advertise for bids for the rent of the city hall for the coming year, reserving twenty-four nights for the use of the city. A resolution was passed grant- ing to Mrs. Jennie Knopke the sum of $300 in full settlement of her claim against the city. The matter of the enforcement of the employment office ordi- nance was taken up and the mayor requested to see that sawme was enforced. The matter of the report: of W. B. McLACHLAN EXPLAINS CONCERNING NAVIGATION Takes Exception to Article Recently Published in Pioneer ---States He Is Willing to Demonstrate That Missis- " sippi Is Navigable South From - Lake Bemidji. Bemidji, March 9. To Editor Pioneer:— As I have been criticised in your paper by one of my fellow citizens in regard to my action against the corporations owning bridges across the Mississipp1 river, I would like to ask the reasoning, nature-loving, law- abiding citizen of our little city if I am asking anything unreason-{ able in demanding a clear pass- age through the Mississippi river for my boat, the “North Star.”’| The people of Bemidji and visit- ors who want to enjoy themselves on our lakes and rivers, and who appreciate my efforts to carry numercus people are building summer homes on them. These people must be entertained, and to do my share of it I must have the free use of our waterways, which the law says I have a right to, and as I pay personal tax on my boats, I consider I have just as much right to the free use of the waterways of the county as the stage lines have to the county roads. In regards to the river being navigable, I would say here that I have carried seventy-two people across the bar spoken of and up the Mississippi river at low water and have proof of same; them on my boat through the!have also crossed the bar in low many beautiful bends of the rivers and around the many lakes, do not care to crouch down on the deck of my boat, and have the whole superstructure cowe down over their heads, while I am under the bridges. It is, of course, to be regretted that we have in our community a few citizens who do not care to enjoy the privileges which nature has so profusely scattered about us, They are to be pitied; but if they are too selfish to approve of others enjoying themselves, they must stand aside and allow navi- gation to continue up and down the Mississippi river. Those people must also remember that our lakes and rivers are fast be coming summer resorts, and water with two cords of stone on the boat, nearly fifteen tons. It must be remembered that boats can be built to run in shallow water, and a double-deck river boat, 150 feet long, could run over the bar and up the river in low water, and to prove the above assertion I will take the govern- ment officials on a tour of inspec- tion in the spring to demonstrate that the Mississipp: river at this point is navigable,and I cordially invite any committee so inter- ested to take that trip or any other trip, for the “North Star” will run up the river every day this season after- the ice isout and will carry freight and-pass- engers. —W. B. McLachan. —— e Justice of the Peace O. M. Skin- vik was referred to the city at- torney. Miss Lycan Reporter at “‘U.” Miss Donna Lycan, formerly of this city, has just been elected areporter on the staff of the Minunesota Daily, the college paper at the University of Min- nesota. Miss Dora Holcomb, of Warren, who has many friends here, was also elected as re- porter on the Daily staff— Crookston Times. Miss Lycan is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. 8. Lycan of this city, and is well knownhere, having spent her holiday vacation with her parents at the Markham. Martin E. McLaughlin Wanted. Martin E. McLaughlin, for- merly of Hartford, S. D. Please communicate with the under- signed. Something of interest to you. M. S. Stokes, 117 East 4th St., St. Paul, Mirn. Local news on the last page. OUR STOCK OF STOVES is now complete. Sixteen different styles to choose from, at prices 1anging from $25.00 to $60.00 each. We take your old stove in exchange. Every Slove guatanteed to give perfect satisfaction. All goods delivered promptly. in about eight million feet this winter and is satisfied with the results, The Pioneer—40c a month. - FLEMING BROS. Phone 57. 316 Minnesota. Ave.