Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, March 27, 1907, Page 1

et THE VOLUME 4. NUMBER 285 BEMIDJ1, MINNESOTA. WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 27, 1907. ANNUAL HOUSE GLEANING WILL BEGIN SHORTLY Refuse Left From the Long Winter Months Will Be Removed and Burned. This is the time of year when the city should begin 1ts annual house cleaning. A prominent citizen in commenting on the same to a Pioneer representative says regarding this: “If people understood how much it was in the matter of dollars and cents, even more than a sentiment, they would not be so0 careless in the ratter of keep- ing their premises and the street | adjrining them in as gond condi- tion as possible. “It is a matter of dollars and cents from a sinitary point of view as the sooner a city is cleaned in the spring of the year that much less is the liability of sickness, and most of you know that sicku s the most ex: pensive i‘em that enters into a family expense account. From a purely financial standpoint a sanitary condition is the bestand it cannot be muintiined except by the work of the individual in keeping his own premises in a healthful and clean condition. “The value of every piece of property in the city is enhanced by a clean, sanitary condition. The value of our city as a sum- mer resort and its attractiveness to the stranger is made by clean and neat surroundings.’ “Every citiz:n owning prop- erty, every one renting property, should see thatb their premises v and carefully cared for during the coming season. “Bemidji is fast gaining the name of the best summer resort in northern Minuesotaand people | far and wide are being aitracted to the beauties of our city, and the many natural advantiges na- ture has given us. “Would it not pay us to see that all this is done, to ses that our sidewalks are kept in 2 safe condition and as fast as the city grades are established to put in cement walks? The planting of trees, th2 keeping of lawns and flower gardens in good condition are among the many things each citizen can do to better the locks of our city. “The past few years have been years of greater improvements and but few cities have made the rapid advancements our city has; its further development depends much on the individual, and to each and every property owner falls his share of the progress of the city in the way of improve- ments to his or her property, and to the council, with the as- sistance of the citizens, falls the matter of perwanent improve- ments. J. R. Moore Indicted. J. R. Moore, indicted on seven counts of forgery, grand larceay and obtaining signatures by false representations, was ar- raigned last night and through his attorney, J. F. Gibbons, de- murred to one of the indictments, and entered a plea of not guilty to the others. Moore has been in juil here since last December, and the lcnyg continement is com- mencing to tell on him, as he showed signs of nervousness when arraigued in court. Heis b.dly wanied by the authorities several other places where he operated, and for this reason no application has been made for bail in his case. Another Use For Electricity. For electricity, still another use has been found—namely, in the launching of vessels. The British battleship Agamemnon, recently launched, slid to the water by this ncw method. A series of interlocking levers were coanected with the etectri- cal arrangement. As a safe- best of nature’s products and should go into the home as health-maker. Order of your nearest dealer or be supplied by S. F. Madden, Bemidji. I]UINGSrAMl]NG BEMIDII'S GOUNTRY NEIGHBORS Live Correspondents of the Pioneer Write the News From Their Localities. SPAULDING. R. Stai was shopping at Be- midji last Monday. ~ M. Sande hauled cordwood to Bemidji Wednesday and Thurs- day. A. Djonne and son, Eilert, were fanning wheat at M. Rygg’s Wednesday. L. O. Mhyre was a business visitor at the city Wednesday. Wm. Aldrich, who moved to Nymore last week, was a busi- ness caller here Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. G. Adams and family, from town of Hckles at- tended church here {Sunday. Services were held in the Luth- eran church Sunday, Rev, L. O. Opsata, officiating. The Ladies Aid society met with Mrs. H. O. Bjoring Thurs- day. Theo. Westgaard, Carl and Andrew Rygg are again working at the Bowers’ sawmill. LATE ELEGTION RETURNS Town of Lee. Supervisor—Gust Fundonet. Treasurer—Olaf Hawkins. Clerk—Olaf A. Clstad. Assessor—Andrew Cleven. Justice—Henry Blais. Cornstable—Gust Fundonet. Town of Alaska. Supervisor—James H. Wynne, for three years. Treasurer—I'. O. Sibley. Clerk—W. S. Fauhl. Assessor—Frank Hickerson. Justice—Olof E. Lundea. Constables—Bird Ellatt and Joseph Willet. Town of Roosevelt. Supervisors — Chairman, Bakke; Ole Stefne. Treasurer—John Jamtvold. Clerk--€arl Psterson. Assessor—Otto Smith. Justices—T. Iverson and Otto Smith. “=Constables—John Warner and Erick Ness. Peter Town of Shotley. Supervisor —Chairman, H. N. Tweten. Treasurer—Louis Johnson. Clerk—T. S. Urseth. Assessor-—Axel Lash, Justice--T. S. Urseth. Constables—Otto K. Berg and Ordin Clayberg. Town of Benville. Supervisor—C. G. Stenmon, Treasurer—F'. B. Gustafson. Clerk—Henry Nygaard. Assessor—I. G. Ringham. Justices—Lewis Petterson and T. G. Ringham. Constable—Ernest Glebe. Town of Spruce Grove. Supervisors—Chairman, L. E. Sund- berg; Ben M. Anderson, Rasmus Orheim. Treasurer—Steen E. Willand. Clerk—I. O, Lillevold. Assessor—Eric Sundberg. Justice—Ben M. Anderson. Constable—Knudt Johnson. Town of Northern. Supervisors — Chairman, W. H. Rice; I. E. Anderson, A, R. Lillotson. Treasurer—J. H. Wagner. Clerk—W. A. Worth. Assessor—D. W* Mohler. Justices—N. E. Reynolds and C. O. Glidden. Constables—John Noel and Henry Lillotson. Town of Hamre. Supervisors - Chairman, Halvor Byklum; B. M. Howland, Louis Jelle, Treasurer—Thor Thronson. Clerk—E. T. Edwin. Assessor—Christ Anderson. Justice—C. Brownell. Constable—C. Thompson. Town of Battle. Supervisors —Chuirman, Jens Wolden; Henry Falk, Andrew John- son. Treasurer—G. L. Matson. Clerk—John A. Carlson. Assessor—S. Dolgaard. guard against disease we sug- gest the daily use of golden grain belt beer. Itis brewed from the Justice—P. Krogseng. Constables—A. Brandon. and Christ| 98- : ness April 1st. Linder. DAHL MURDER TRIALS WILL BEGIN TOMORROW James Wesley, Charged With Killing N. 0. Dahl, Will Be the First Taken up. The trial of James Wesley, charged with the murder of N.O. Dahl near Quiring postoffice on April 7th, 1904, will be taken up in district courv tomorrow at 10 o’clock, this being the first of the trials for the murder of N. O. Dahl and his daughter Aagot. There will be large number of witnesses examined, and it is very unlikely that a jury will be secured before Friday noon, at the earliest, as objections for cause will undoubtedly be numer- ously made by the attorneys for the defense. These cases are creating much interest all over the north half of the state, and the progress of the proceedings against Fournier and Wesley will be watched with much nterest. Owing to the widespread inter- est taken in the trials, the Pion- eer will thoroughly cover every detail of the cases. Those who desire to keep track of the trial will do well to take the Pioneer, and if not already on the list should send in their names at once. FINED FOR KEEPING SALOONS OPEN SUNDAY Eight Saloonkeepers at Bagley Arrested and Fined By lustice of Peace. L3 Bagley, March 27.—(Special to the Pioneer.)—The eight saloon- keepers doing business in Bag- ley were fined in justice court this morning for keeping their saloons openon Sunday, each paying a total of $25. The finings of] the saloon- keepers was the result of in- structions given by the grand jury to the county attorney to enforce the state law as to clos- ing on Sunday, While the moral sentiment of the residents of the village is about equally divided as to the enforcement of the law, it is de- sired that a rational observance be made by the saloonkeepers, District Court. Judge Spooner this morning' directed a verdict for the plain- tiff in the case of the Interna- tional Boom Co. vs. the Rainy Lake River Boom Co., which has been on trial since Monday. Two similar cases pending were continued pending, and the attorneys stipu- lated to have a directed verdict returned in those also, which will leave the record in shape to make an appeal to the supreme court. These cases were tried at a term of court held here about a year ago, Judge MecClenahan directing a verdict for the plain- tiffs, who through their attor- neys, H. Steenerson and Chas. Loring of Crookston, appealed to the supreme court, and the rul- ing was reversed, and 2 new trial grauvted, with above result. Court adjourned this afternoon until tomorrow morning, when the cases against Wesley and Fournier will be opened, and the work of selecting a jury com- menced. A special venire of 50 has been summoned for this case. P. B. Salyards went to Thief River Falls this afternoon, where he will remain until the first of next week. He has six cars of flour, feed and hay on the tracks here which is being unloaded to- He will be open for busi- ! any raflroad. STATE TO GET IT ALL SENATE KILLS THE BILL GIVING COUNTIES PART OF INHER- ITANCE TAXES. HOUSE AUTHORIZES COMMITTEE TO TRY TO REACH SETTLE- MENT ON RATES. St. Paul, March 26.—The inheritance tax bill introduced by Senator . D. ‘Works of Mankato, which provides that one-half of the tax shall go to the county in which the deceased lived at the time of his death instead of all to the state, as the presént law provides, was killed in the semate. It came up on general orders in commit- tee of the whole with Senator H. E. Hanson of Windom in the chair. Sena- tor O. G. Dale of Madison led the at- tack on the bill and quoted the figures from the state auditor’s annual report and from the federal census to show that the counties in the western part of the state are now paying a higher percentage of the state taxes per capita than are the eastern counties. “When there is such a great amount of wealth hidden from taxation in the eastern counties I do not believe that they are entitled to have this source of state: revenue diverted to their county treasuries,” he said. Senator F. H. Peterson of Moor- head also opposed the bill on the ground that the state needs the reve- nue which it derives from this source. Senator Frank Clague of Lamberton also strongly opposed the bill and when the motion to recommend it for indefinite postponement was put it carried by a substantial majority. Trust methods received a severe grilling in the senate when Senator E. H. Canfield's bill making contracts entered into with trusts and combina- tions null and void was reached on general orders. After voting down two amendments the bill was recommend- ed for passage by a large majority. Senate Passes Twine Bill. The senate passed H. F. No. 586, the bill authorizing the state board of con- trol to sell the prison binder twine outside the state when, in its judg- ment, such action is for the best in- terests of the state and authorizing dealers in the prison twine to charge a profit of 1% centsa pound when the twine is sold on credit. The dealers are now allowed to charge only a profit of 1 cent on all sales. The provision which authorizes the sale of the twine outside the state, as explained by Senator George H. Sullivan of Stillwater, was for the pur- pose of placing the board of control in a position to meet competition in this state and further to make pro- vision for the disposal of the year’s output in case of a crop failure in this state. The bill was passed by a vote of 47 to 5. A minimum penalty of twenty-five years’ imprisonment for burglary with explosives is provided for in a bill in- troduced by Senator A. D. Stephens of Crookston. A bill for a pension fund for teach- ers was introduced in the house by G. ‘W. Rodenberg of St. Paul, by request. It applies only to cities of 50,000 or over, and was referred to the Henne- pin, Ramsey and St. Louis delegations. The fund is to be known as a public school teachers’ retirement fund. Su- perintendents, special teachers, prin- cipals and others in regular employ as instructors in the city schools are eligible to participate in the fund, but no one is to receive more than $40 per month. No one can receive the bene- fits unless he has been a teacher twenty-five years. Would Settle the Rate Question. The house passed a resolution au- thorizing the conference committee on the 2-cent passenger fare bill to take up also freight rates in an endeavor to reach an agreement with the railroads on the whole question of rates. In the federal court Monday morn- ing a contiuance was granted until April 22 in the action brought by the railroads to restrain the state railroad and warehouse commission from en- forcing the commodity rate schedule promulgated by the ¢ommission. These are two steps toward reach- ing a settlement on freight and passen- ger rates in the state that will be sat- isfactory to the state railroad and warehouse commission and to the leg- islature and will be accepted by the railroads, thus avoiding further court proceedings. But the house also passed the bill providing for increasing the gross earnings tax on railroads from 4 per cent to 5 per cent and making the rail- roads subject to local improvement as- sessments. - The tonnage tax bill calling for a flat tax of 5 cents per ton on ore of more than 40 per cent iron will be reported for passage by the house tax committee. The committeemen argued for some time whether to take action and decided that they could not delay longer and that they ought either to kill the bill or report it for passage. The house committee on express, telegraph and electric railways intro- duced its bill to regulate the string- ing of wires over railroad tracks. The bill has the main provisions of the original bill, but cuts out all the for- mality of going to the railroad com- mission for permission to string wires. The bill is simple and provides that trolley wires shall be twenty-two feet above the tracks and Other wires twenty-five feet above the tracks of {anTEsT OVER REBISTER GASS LAKE LAND OFFIGE Position of Register at Cass Lake Land Office is the Point of Contention. Washington, March 25.—(Spe- cial to the Pioneer.)—Congress- man W. A, Lindbergh of Little Falls has been making a strong effort in behalf of former Con. gressman F. M, Eddy for the position of register of the Cass Lake land office to succeed Bert S. Oakley. Mr. Oakley’s four-year term of service will soon expire, butit has developed that Congressman C. B. Buckman, the retiring member, arranged a nice little plan whereby Mr. Oakley will continue to serve two years longer if he so desires. When the Cass Lake office was created Buckman named J. D. Jonesas register and Egbert S. Oakley as receiver, Their commissions were to run for four years. After servinga litt!le more than two years Jones resigned, owing to ill health, Buckman then had Oakley ap- pointed register to succeed Jones and named Nicholas Koll, a new man as receiver, As Oakley has served but half of his new term it will be diffi- cult to supplant him, although Mr. Lindbergh is putting upa good fight for his friend and staunch supporter, Frank Eddy, MRS. CROSWELL DIES AT SPOKANE, WASHINGTON News of Sudden Death Received Here ---Was Early Settler and Well Known, 50 Word was received here last eveniLg of the sudden death of Mrs. T. H. Croswell, at her home in Spokane, -Washington. The early settlers of Bemidji renfember her as a resident of the village in the years 1900 and 1901, Mr. Croswell having charge of the extension of the Minne- sota & International from this city to Blackduck. Since leaving here they have resided in Spokane, where Mr. Croswell has charge of the west- ern construction work for the Northern Pacific railway com- pany. The family have the sympathy of a large number of friemds here. Deceased was a cousin of Mr. and Mrs Jewett of Blackduck. The remains will be taken to St. Paul and the funeral will be held Friday. Lumberjacks Migrating. The cold snap of the past two days has prolonged the logging season a short time, and will afford operators, wko were be- hind with their work a chance to clean up. Nearly all the big loggers, however, have completed their contracts, and men are coming in frowm the camps in large num- bers daily. However, the class of men working in the woods to- day are in many respects differ- ent from those of a decade ago. Those of the present day are two distinct types. The ‘original lumberjck was typically Ameri- can with enough Irish, French- Canadianand Scandinavian mixed in to make it interesting. There are very few woodsmen of the old type in this section,the native Awmerican being very much in minority, while Austrians, Fin- landers and newcoemers from Norway and Sweden are in majority, while the old-timers have gone to Northwestern Car.ada and the forest regions of the western mountains. So far as Bemidj! is concerned the men for the past few years have stopped: here but a very little on their way out of the woods, So far this spring hundreds of men have shipped away without perhaps spending a dollar of their winter wages here, and the day when the exodus of the lum- berjack meant three shifts of bar boys and easy money for the business interests of Bemidji is past. Probate Court. March 27. Hearing held on the petition of Wm. Ludor for the appointment of a guardian for Mary Ann Godfrey, incom- petent. An order was issued appointing Frank E. Cooley guardian of Mrs. Godfrey. M. B. A.-Card Party. The M. B. A. Lodge will give a card party at the I. 0. O. F. hall Saturday evening, March 30, to which they extend a generai in- vitation to their friends to be present. GOVERNMENT OF CANAL ZONE. Change. Proposed Does Away With All Municipal Officers. ‘Washington, March ", —Changes in the local government on the canal zone, which will abolish all the munic: ipal governments now in existence and result in the harmonizing of vari- ous patts of the zone, are to become effective April 15. President Roose- velt has signed executive orders pro- viding for wholesale changes and Richard Rogers, general counsel for the isthmian canal commission, will Bo to the canal zone with Secretary Taft and remain there for some time to assist in reorganizing the govern- ment. All the municipal councils, the may- ors and other municipal officers will be done away with and the five munic- ipal governments in the canal zone will be replaced by four administra- tive districts which will be under the direction of the canal commissioners. These districts will be known as An- con, Emperador, Gorgona and Cristo- bal. Under the old organization the five municipal governments were in control of officers named by the com- mission and not elected by the people. Consequently the abolition of the mu- nicipalitles will not in any way limit the voice cf the people in their gov- ernment, but will make it possible for the commission to give the -various administrative districts ordinances and regulations which are in complete ‘harmony. LOST ONE THOUSAND KILLED SALVADOREANS REPORTED COM- PLETELY ROUTED BY THE NICARAGUANS. ‘Washington, March f*—The state department has received the following dispatch from Jose D. Olivares, the American consul at Managua, Nic- aragua: “This government reports that on March 18 an army of 5,000 Salva- doreans and 1,000 Hondurans, com- manded by General Presa, a Salva- dorean, attacked the Nicaraguan van- guard near Namasique, Honduras. The battle lasted three days, result- ing in the complete rout of the Sal- vadoreans, who lost 1,000 killed. Nie- aragua has 20,000 troops at the front and will commence an immediate at- tack on Choluteca and Tegucigalpa.” Senor Corea, the Nicaraguan minis- ter, has received a cablegram from his government confirming the press report to the effect that the Nic- ‘araguan navy has captured the impor- tant Honduran-Caribbean port of Ceiba. The naval vessels are now on thelr way to Puerto Cortez, where they probably will repeat their suc- cess at Ceiba. TRAIN HITS STREET CAR. Number of Persons Are Injured, Two Fatally. Detroit, Mich., March 2{.—Two peo- ple were fatally injured and nine oth- ers, all girls, were more or less seri- ously hurt when a southbound Four- teenth avenue street car was struck at the Fourteenth avenue crossing by 2 Michigan Central railway train. The fatally injured are James C. Smith, aged fifty-five, and Miss Charlotte Martin. . There were twenty-two passengers on the car, a majority of them girls on their way to business. The car stopped at the railroad crossing and the con- ductor ran ahead as usual, but ap- parently did not see the approaching train. Just after the car passed un- der the gates and out on the crossing the gateman sighted the approaching train and lowered his gates, but the car was already on the track. The train struck the car, which had stopped, in the middle, splitting it in two and throwing the wreckage fifty feet away against a trolley pole. A few of the passengers sighted the on- coming train just before the collision occurred and tried to escape through the rear door. There was not time enough, ' however,” and they were hurled into a heap among the wreck- with his skull fractured and other in- juries about his head which will prove ; fatal. ‘Miss Martin has severe internal Injuries. The other injured sustained cuts and bruises. 3 age. Smith was.taken from the wreck | HOMESTEADERS REJOIGE 12, Relative to Issuance of Homestead Patents. Homesteaders and those about to prove up on their claims, will Tejoice to learn that the recent order relatng to the issuance ofpitanssihas baea rescinded by the president and the same will be operated under the former rulings as will be seen by the order recently issued by Presi- dent Roosevelt: The Wht House, Washington, March 12th, 1907. To the secreta y +f the interin : My ovder of Febraary 12,1907, relating to the issnance of evi- dence of title under the public land laws, is hereby cancelled, for the reason that Congress did not apprepriate an amount suffi- cient to enable the Commissioner of the General Land Office to properly carry out the purposes of that order, which were to have such examination made of all applications for patent as would facilitate the issuance of title to bona fide settlers and home-mak- ers, would reduce 1llegal entries to the minimum, and bring the work of the Land Office up-to- date. With the amount actually appropriated it is not possible to carry out the order, or to provide with certainty for the detection of fraud without causng unrea- sonable hardship to bona fide settlers and home-makers In order to accomplish as much as can be accomplished with our present means in pre- venting illegal acquisition of pub- lic lands. the Commissioner of the General Land Office will de- tail all bis available field and of- fice in such manuer, by concen- tration or otherwise, as will as effectively as is possible with the actual appropriation [restrict fund, enforce the existing laws, and promote the bona fide settle- ment of public lands by home- makers. —Theodore Roosevelt, John Burk Dead. John Burk, who has been bar- tender at Nebish for J: E. Oringer, died yesterday, from a complication of ailments. Burk has been at Nebish for two months past, having gone -there from Bemidji. He has been ail- ing for some time,and his demise was not unexpected. The body of Burk will be taken to Prince- ton, Minn., for burial, and Rant Ross, a brotherin-law of Burk, will arrive tomorrow and take charge of the remains. Burk was 41 years of age, and was well known in Bemidji, bav- fing tended bar at various times in several of the saloons of the city. Hibbing Council Make Appointment. The newly elected council of Hibbing held their first meeting Monday - evening, and made the usual appointments, and fixed salaries for the ensuing year. The salaries are herewith re- produced for comparison with what is paid for similar seryice in Bemidji: Village attorney, $150 per moath; chief of police, $100 per month; chief of fire de- partment, $35 per month; health officer, $90 per month;two street commissioners, $2.75 per day; patrolmén, §75 per month; fire- men, $70 per month. Recital Wednesday Evening. Miss Elizabeth Hill of Still- water, will give a recital at the Presbyterian church Wednes- day evening March 27 The entertainment will be given urder the auspices of the Episco- pal Guild. The Pioneer at all times has in stock office supplies of every description NEW RULING FOR mfurs': Roosevelt Rescinds His Ordérs of Feb,