Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, April 6, 1907, Page 1

THE BEMIDJI DAILY PION WINKESOTA HISTORICAL YOLUME 4. NUMBER 294 BEMIDJ1, MINNESOTA. SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 6, 1907 TEN CENTS PER WEEK FARM LAND IS VALUABLE IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA The Duluth Evening Herald Tells .Seme Foignant Truths Regarding the Lands in this Part of the State,--- Best Farming State in the Union. Duiuth Evening Herald: Farm lands within a radius of fifty miles of Duluth range in value from $8 to $15 an acre with pos- sibly $25 or a little more fora few extra-select garden patches almost in the suburbs. Farm lands within the same radius of Des Moines, [owa, St. Joseph, Mo., a~d Lincoln, Neb, western cities of the population class of Duluth, but without its promi- nent commercial advantages and its unrivaled location, are easy sales at from $100 to $250 an acre or even more. Beyond the 50 mile radius of Duluth, all through St. Louis county, good farm lands are almost going begging at$5an acre. Inthe counties in which he three other cities named are situatcd, lands that are little, if any better, are considered bar- gains at from $50 to $75 an acre and are rising in value year by year. Indeed, the prediction is being made with the utmost con- fidence, that by 1910 there will not be anacre of good farming land in Iowa, Nebraska, Mis- souri or Kansas that will not command a minimum of $100. Further, it is strange but true that scores of Northern Minne- sota farmers have given up rich, well wooded and never parch:d lands in order to buy at $1 an acre more, unwatered upland tracts in the semi-arid, treeless and sandy plains of the ‘short grass’’ regions of Western Kan- sas and Eastern Colorado. And still others have abandoned their Northern Minnesota farms to go on to the intensely cold prairies of Manitoba. And what are the reasons for these most unjust conditions? GAN NOW FILE ON THE GEDED GHIPPEWA LANDS In the first place the farmers, who have left Northern Minne- sota for the and plains of West- ern Kansas and Eastern Colorado and the prairies of Manitoba, have done so simply because they are not of the strenuous, self-reliant class of the pioneers who cleared the lands of Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, Eastern Iowa and Missouri of even more diffi- cult timber. No, they prefer either precarious chawuces of rain on the plains or the intense cold of winter of Northwest Canada to the labor of clearing off timber that may in itself be turned to profit, In the seconé place, Northern Minnesota’s great advantages have never been exploited in any way whatsoever. On the con- trary, what little has ever been said about the section has been grossly unjust. It is the belief among many, if not most, farm- ers of even the southern part of the state that the northern por- tion is either swamp land or is good for nothing but the timber. Farmers of the east and of the nmiddle west, if they think of Northern Minnesota at all, con- sider it about as inhabitable as land in the Arctic circle. It is certainly time for the people interested in the future greatness of Duluth and the de- velopment of Northern Minnesota to take steps to correct these false impressions. All St. Louis county, outside of the iron ranges, sheuld be converted into farms while lands near Duluth and the range towns should be richly productive garden patches and dairy farms. And all can be made so if the right steps be taken to attract the right kind of men to this section, Red Lake road to the mill, a dis- tance of 1300 feet which will make the facilities for getting timber to the mill and the ship- ping of the manufactured pro- ducts much easier. Lands Withdrawn From Entry Novem- ber 10, 1906, Are Now Sub- A. L. Cole Improving. ject to Entry. Akeley Tribune: A special dispatch from Fergus Falls con- tains the welcome news of some improvements in the physical condition of A. .. Cole, of Ake- ley. Dr. A. B. Cole arrived at Fer- gus Falls on Wednesday after a week’s visit with A. L. Cole, in Chicago, who was in a much im- proved state of health, A L Cole has suffered from erysipelas The following letter, received from the register and receiver of the U. S. Land Office at Cass Lake is self-explanatory. “We just received from the Commissioner of the General Land Office instructions under the Act of March 1st, 1907, under which all the sd-called Ceded Chippewa Lands which were withdrawn from entry on Nov ember 10, 1906, have been re- stored to entry. “Uader said Act of March 1, | 1907, entrymen are required Log i pay in addition to th: fees and| charges aow authorized by law, | a pro rata charge for the exam- ination and investigation of the swampy and overfl wed charact- er of the lind, and for the draio- age and reclamation of said lands, tobeherealter assessed. Filings on Cided Ciippewa Lands will therefore be recewved by this office from this date, Interested parties can receive printed cop ies of the complets circular as soon as they are recaived at this office, from Washington,” A. L. CoLE. They Have the Record. The Douglas Lumber company is a new industry to Bemidji the past few months and is now busy sawing lath. Wednesday of this week they made the record of the season cutting and bundling 65,900 lath. The company are enjoying a good trade and intend enlarg- ing the capacity of the mill to 100,000 per day of ten hours, A spur is being built from the and has been seriously sick and grave doubts have been enter- tained as to his recovery. Dr. Cole says A. L Cole will be able to leave Chicago for Akeley inafew days. Mr. Cole was so much better that Mrs A. L. Cole accompanied Dr. Cole to Fergus Falls. This glad news will be wel- comed by his many friends in Akeley and throughout Minne: sota. SLOW JURORS SECURED George Keiser, farmer, Turtle River. Casper Albee, farmer, Port Hope. E. 0. Estenson, farmer, Battle River. Harry Evans, farmer, Eckles. W. J. Craig, contractor, Kelllher. David Boston, Kelliher. The work of securing a jury in the case of the state vs. Paul Fourrier, indicted by the grand jury on the charge of having killed N. O. Dahl, near Quiring, Beltrami county, on April 7, 1904, was commenced this morning at 9 o’clock. B Judge Marshal A. Spooner is presiding at the trial. Henry Funkley, county attorney of Bel- trami county, is prosecuting attorney for the state. Charles W. Scrutchin of Be- midji, is acting as chief counsel for the defendant, Fournier, and is assisted by John M. Martin of Virginia, Minn, That the attorneys for the de- fendant intend putting up a hard fight in order to save Fournier from the gallows orlife imprison- ment is evident. The list of fifty special venirer men from which to select jurors in the case was read by the clerk. W. J. Kelley of Shotley and L. Goldberg of Bemidji were ex- cused on account of sickness. D. H. Fisk, G. M. Torrance and H. A, Simons, all local at- torneys, were agreed upon by the counsel as triers of jurors. Fournier is cool and collected and beyond a slight shifting of his eyes gives no indication of nervousness. He is undoubted- ly possessed of great nerve. Fournier did not learn until yesterday that Wesley had been convicted of killing Dahl. The knowledge of Wesley’s convict- ion has apparently no effect on him. Sherifl was instracted to bring John Washburn and G, A, Smith, served with subpoenas as jury- men, into court. Counsel for defendant request- ed the records to show on which indictment Fournier was being tried and was told it was on the charge of killing N. Q. Dahl. The proceedings today have progressed very slowly. The attorneys for both the state and the defendant have asked many questions, which have taken much time and covered a wide range. The courtroom has been well filled all day and the proceedings have been watched very closely. E. D. Beeson and D. W. Schreckengast were excused from the venire. Melvin Dahl was the first ven- ireman called. ~Mr. Dahl stated he had read accounts of Wesley PRO Paul Fournier trizl in Bemidji Pioncer, which had made an impression on him, Defense entered challenge for actual - bias. On being sworn, Mr. Dahl stated the reading of the accounts of Wesley trial ‘twould prevent his beinga fair juror. Excused. John Moberg next venireman called. Challenged by Gefendant’s counsel for actual bias. Chal- lenge admitted; Moberg excused. Robert Pupore called. Chal- lenged for actual bias. Challenge admitted; Pupore excused. J. T. Hayes, a farmer living in the town of Liberty, was the next venireman called. Chal- lenged by state for implied bias. Challenge disallowed. State in- terposes peremptory challenge. N. H: Healey called. Chal- lenged for actual bias. C. T. Eckstrand called. Chal- lenged by defense for actual bias; challenged denied. Triers W PROGRESS GETTING A JURY Thirty-Eight of the Special Venire of Fifty Jurymen Had Been Examined at 4:15 This Afternoon---Six Were Accepted as Members of the Jury to Try state. Frank Stevens was sworn as special officer in charge of the three jurors already secured, after which court was adjoarned until 1:30. Twenty-two of the fifty jurors on the special venire had been examined at noon, three jurors being secured. Court opened at 1:30. R. J. Dearborn was the twenty-third juror examined. Mr. Dearborn was challenged by the defense for actual bias. The triers reported the challenge not true, and the defense challenged peremptorily. Albert Martin of Wilton was dismissed on the challenge by the state of general disqualifica- tion. Frank Wagner was called. His examination as a juror conclud- ing with a peremptory challenge on the part of the defense. G.-A. Johnson of Kelliher, and found the challenge true. : Eck- strand dismissed. Peter Haugen called. Ghal- lenged by defense for actual bias. Challenge admitted; Haugen ex- cused. J. W. Peck called. * Challenged by thé state for general disquali- fication; excused. S. V. Long, Knute Aakus and Nels Volland were excused for actual bias. John ‘Washburn appeared in court and showed that the date of his subpoena was for March 9th and his name was stricken from the list of venireman. F. W. Pike called. Challenged for actual bias. Triers found challenge true. S. J. Harvey called and dis- missed for actual bias. George Keiser, a farmer living in Turtle River, was accepted and sworn as juror No.1. Mr. Keiser was challenged by the counsel for the defendant for actual bias. - The triers reported the challenge as being untrue and Mr. Keiser took his place. H. S. Annette was called and the defense made use of its first peremptory challenge. Willis G. Nye, Gust Carlson and Edward McKee were dis- missed. At 10:40, Casper Albee, a farm. er living near Farley, and who was the eighteenth juror called, was accepted without challenge from the state or the defense, BE. O Estenson, a farmer liv- ing in the Town of Battle River, was accepted as juror No. 8. Ole Millegan and L. T. Bjella were called and excused. Alex. Cameron was challenged peremptorily by Mr. Funkley, being the second used by the J. Melby of Wilton were dis- missed as jurors on challenges of actual bias made by the coun- sel for the defense. Judge Spoonér ordered Clerk of Court Rhoda to issue another special venire for fifty jurymen returnable next Monday morn- ing at 9 o’clock. The venire was issued and the deputy sheriffs were given the necessary papers to secure the veniremen. Charles Krahm, a farmer iiv- ing near Farley, was called and after the triers had stated that a challenge for actual bias was not proven true, the defense used its third peremptory challenge | and Mr. Krahm was dismissed. Henry Evans, a farmer living in the town of Eckles, was the twenty-ninth juror called. He was questioned closely and fin- ally pas sed by both the state and the defense, and was sworn as the fourth juror who will try Paul Fournier on the charge of having killed N. O. Dahl. E D. Alger of Tenstrike, the thirtiethjuror called, and ad- mitted that he had formed an opinion as to guilt or innocence of the defendant and was dis- missed. E. J. Trask was called and after examination was dismissed on the challenge of the defense for actual bias. Carl Jurkowski, juror No. 82, was excused on the challenge of general disqualification. W.J. Craig, a contractor at Kellih er, was accepted as the fifth juror, being the thirty- third juror called. 2 Jobin Clasen was called and dismissed. David Boston of Kelliher, the thirty-sixth juror called, was ac- cepted and swora as juror No. 6, J. M. Johnson and C. W. Dud- ley were called and dismissed. At 4:15, thirty eight had been examined a~d six jurors secured, DOINGS [N THE VARIOUS CHURGHES OF THE GITY Hours of Worship and Subjects of Ser- mons to Be Delivered in the City! Tomorrow. St. Phillip’s Catholic cburch— Barly mass, 8:30 a. m.; high mass and sermon, 1:30. Sunday school 2t 2 p. m. Rev. Father O'Dwyer. Norwegian Lutheran-—Services will be held at the church to- morrow morning at10:30. Even- ing services 8:00. Rev. :S. R. ey S Leirfall will preach at both ser- 'vices. | Baptist—Services commence at 10:30, with the Commemora- | tion of the Crucifixion. All who !feel prepared are welcome. At 11 Mr. Davis, the lumber camp missionary, will take charge of the service and will tell us about the work among the camps dur- ing the winter. -As many as possible should hear about the work. Sunday school at 12:10. Union service in the evening in the city hall, Presbyterian — Morning ser- vice at 11. Rev. Frank E. Higgins, formerly pastor of this churcb, but who is now superin- tendant of Logging Camp Mis- sions, will speak. Sunday school and Bible class at 12:15; Jr. C. E. 83p.m. Sr.C.E 7p. m. Union services in the evening at the Icity hall, All are invited to these iservices. Methodist—Public worship ap 11, Mr. Buswell of Wisconsin jwill preach. Noone should miss {hearing him, A treat is in store for you. Miss Graling will sing “A Clean Heart,” and a ladies’ quartet will render “T'wo Friend- less Children.” Sunday school at 12:15; Junior Leagueat 3 p. m.; TWO LONE WIDOWS FORM AN ALLIANCE OF FORTUNES Des Moines Capital Gives an Account of the Strange Com- pact Entered Into by an Iowa Widow and Woman Said to L The following, taken from the Des Moines, Iowa, Capital, will be read with interest by people residing in this vicinity: “Widow Eleanor Johnson,who lives near Avon, and Widow Le- nore Ellsworth of Bemidji, Minn. who has been visiting her, have drawn up and placed in the office of the county recorder one of the most remarkable contracts in the county records. Believing that they could a.t,-} tain a wealth of prosperity and pleasure if they were to link! .their fortunes together for the remainder of their lives that would be impossible if they should continue to, go it alone, the two women have placed to gether their estates into a com- mon fund. This they are to use in common, each doing her share of the work and paying expen- ses out of the treasury. The unique provision of the contract is that each agrees not to marry again as long as the other is alive. The contract was drawn up yesterday afternoon in the office of a local attorney and turned over to Deputy Re- corder Underwood, who is hold- ing the document until proper fees are forthcomirg. Mvs. Ellsworth has been visit- ing near Avon for several weeks and it was at her suggéstion, it is understood, that the “merger” was effected. The contract reads as foliows: “Know All Men By These Presents: That Eleanor Johnson of Avon, Ia., party of the first part, and Lenora Ellsworth, of Bemidji, Minn., party of the sec- ond patt, both being widows of sound and disposing mind and competent to contract, and being possessed of the following prop. ive Here. erty, to-wit: The said party of the first part owning ard pos- sessing twenty acres of land situ- ated 1n Polk county, Iowa, one dwelling house, -one horse and buggy, two cows and five hogs; the party of the second part be- ing the owner of sixty acres of timber land situated two miles from Bemidji, Minn., and each of the parties hereto having $200 in cash, and being desirous of |forming a compact whereby each shall share in the profits arising out of the combined property of both hereby enter into the fol- lowing covenants and agreement to wit, witnesseth: “The parties hereto agree that neither shall marry during the life of the other; that they shall live together on the land owned by party of the first part, each contributing equally towards the maintenance of both, and each performing an equal amount of the domestic labor requisite to the conduct of a neat, healthful and happy home; that if it be deemed expedient to dispose of any of the said described proper- ty, the proceeds from the sale thereof shall be placed in a com- mon fund which shall be the property of both, each having a one-half interest therein:’ ““It is further agreed by and between the parties hereto that each shall share in the expense of maintaining the said home and of all the disbursements. “In witness whereof we have hereunto affixed our signatures this 28th day of March, A. D, 1907. “ELENORA JOHNSON, “LENORA ELLSWORTH.” Ths Pioneer is unable to learn of any such person residing in this community as Eleanor John- son. service in the evening as there| will be a union meeting at the Opera house. Let the mass meet- | ingin the evening be a great success. Lumberjack Sunday. Mr. Higgins, commonly known as the ““Sky Pilot,” is here with his workers holding street meet- ings. They are assisted by Rev. J. Buswell and Prof. Weaver of Wisconsin.. They are looking for a big Sunday. 1n the morning Rev. J. Buswell will speak in the Methodist church, Mr. Fred W. Davis will speak in the Baptist church and Mr. Higgins will speak in the Presbyterian church. * In the evening all the churches are to unite in a mass meeting in the city hall. Rev. J. Buswell will speak and Prof. Weaver will sing. All are invited to these meetings. Annual Meeting. J The annual meeting of the con- gregation of the Presbyterian church will be held at the church auditorium Monday evening, April 8. Suvper will be served to the members and friends of the church at six o’clock, after which the annual meeting will be held and reports for .the past year will be read. —Rev. 8. E. P. White, pastor. Married, Judge Clark this afternoon performed the ceremony which united Miss Minnie Erickson and Gullick Gullickson. The bride is one of the popular young ladies of the town of Lammers, while Epworth League at 7:15. = Nojon fourth page. D : : the groom is a prosperous Nor- man county farmer. The happy couple will make their home at Bear Park, Norman county. Additional local matter will be found musi BUYS RUGGLES TIMBER 3 TOWNS FOR $225,000 Messrs. E. R. Farley and Sam Simpson Buy 25,000,000 Feet in Vicinity of Farley. E. R. Farley and Sam Simpson today closed a deal for the C. F. Ruggles timber in towns 148 32, 148-33 and 147-33, all tributary to Farley. The deal involves $225,000 of which they are to pay $60,000 down, and the balance as the timber is being cut. The timber holdings of Rug- gles, the millionaire lumberman of Michigan, in these towns has been estimated at 25,000,000 feet of white and Norway pine, and Messrs.Farley and Simpson plan to cut it in two or three years, Dr. Blakeslee’s Uncle Dead. W. J. Ostrander of Waukegsn, Ill, an uncle of Dr. F. A. Blakes- lee, died at the doctor’s home, Thursday from Bright's disease. Mr. Ostrander was 73 years old, and came here last Novem- ber with Dr. Blakeslee’s mother, His health had been failing for a long time, and death was not unexpected. Dr. Blakeslee will accompany the remains to Illi- nois, where interment will be made, tomorrow. Elk’s Ball. The Elk’s ball at the City Opera house last night proved a very successful affair, being the first public social function of the local lodge. Over 50 couple were in attendance, and the occasion was thoroughly enjoyed. Sym- ington’s orchestra furnished the