Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, May 7, 1907, Page 1

4w VOLUME 5. NUMBER 16. BEMIDJ1, MINNESOTA, TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 7, 1907. TEN CENTS PER WEEK CITY GOUNGIL HELD IMPORTANT MEETING Last Night's Session Was the Regular Monthly Conclave of the City “‘Dads.” REPORTS OF CITY OFFICERS READ, ACCEPTED AND FILED Street Commissioner Instructed to Place City Dock in Better Condi- tion Than Now. The regular monthly meeting was held last evening with every member present. After the reading and appro val of the minutes of the last meeting and the allowance of the usual number of bills the routine work was taken up. City Treasurer Earl Geil pre- sented his quarterly report for the quarter ending April 30, which report was accepted and filed. City Justice M. G.Slocum filed his reports for the latter half of the month of April, showing fires collected amounting to $51. 00. The street commissioner filed his April report showing work done and material purchased. The sewer committee filed a recommendation that a sewer be built from the corner of Fourth street and Beltrami avenue east to the middle of the alley between Beltrami avenue and Bemidji avenue, thence north two blocks, thence east to the corner of Sixth street and Bemidji avenue,thence north to Bemidji avenue and Ninth street. Also giving the hospital block sewer connections. This brought forth a lengthy discussion which finally ended in the council passing a resolution requesting the city engineer to furnish an estimate of the cost of constructing same, The matter of street grading was then taken up and discussed at length, The council passed a resolution that the city purchase of Wes Wright 1,500 yards of dirt to be placed on the street from Second street and Minne- , sota avenue, to the Great North- ern depot. The city engineer was instructed to make an esti- mate of the cost of bringing said road to grade. The cemetery committee made report with recommendations that $25 be allowed the sexton for the cleaning of alleys and Qeneral Ordinance No s of the Village of Funkley. -An ardinance regulating the sale of in- toxicating liquors in the Village of Funkley, el unty, Minnesota, and prescribing for the violation of the provisions illage Council of the Village of does ord 10858 shall sell, any spirituous, mented liquors, in or at any ilage of Funkley in quantitie gallons without first obtaining so to do, from the Village Coun ded, however. that ov druguists who oholic liduors for medi- . ‘mechanical or sacramental purposes t be included within.the provisions of n and bar of every place within the Vii- n hmwh \mmz lllulars Shan%e commonly the hours of o'clock p. o o “the. 7th own as *ufl(ln cemetery lots. Also that a small building be erected at the grounds for the convenience of the public. They were given further time and requested to bave estimated costs of said building presented to the council at the next meeting, The petition of salaried officers of the city requesting a salary fund be created ‘was referred to the finance committee. A resolution was passed ask- ing that sidewalks in block sevea- teen in the original townsite be raised to grade and that proper- ty owrers be given due notice of such action. The committee having the care of the dock, reported same in poor condition. The street com- missioner was instructed to place same in as good a repair as possible. KELLIHER WILL BUILD ROADS FOR FARMERS USE Town Board Le{s Contract for Three- Mile Thoroughfare West of Kelli- her Village. Kelliher Journal: At a meeting of the town board held last Sat- urday for the purpose of letting the contract for the construction of a piece of road west of town the entire road was let to S. Bjorge of Inez, Minn,, at $950a wmile. Several bids were sub- mitted, both for the construc- tion of the whole road and on different parts of same. All the bids were considered carefully, but it was found that the bid of Mr. Bjorge was $67 lower per mile than the combined bids of the other bidders. Mr. Bjorge will at once bring his entire outfit to Kelliher to commence active operations, and proposes to have the road com- pleted by mid summer. On May 18 the board will con- sider proposals for the comple- tion of the road from the end of Mr. Bjorge’s contract to the range line on the west side of the town of Kelliher, thence north to leading to Kelliher from the Fir- man and Cormant country. It is expected the entire road will be completed before fall. With the road in Kelliher town- ship in first-class shape and con- siderable, work done on the Battle River and Cormant roads, the settlers living west of town will have an excellent outlet to Kelliher before the heavy traffic begins next fall. A Northern ‘‘Amazon.” The Northern News published and vouchsafes for the truth of the following: “Thrift and determination are certainly characteristics of the .|settlers up in the Rapid river ' |district, the women as well as the men vieing with each other in the development of their claims. The latest authentic re- port is that one of the ladies up river skidded and banked I28 saw logs in one day, entirely un- i |a1ded, while the male help sawed jand swamped such logs; and the v | beauty of it all is that that self| 1. |same lady is ntellectually fitted ¢ |to adorn a drawing room. °|are the men and women who will Such develop rorthern Minnesota, and we are proud in the knowledge 0% | that we have them.” No person to whom license shall v thosalo of intoxleating llquors violating any of t ordinance shall be med guilty of nmmthanur and on con- viction be pun not exceeding one hundred and cost of and in ult of the | ine and _costs to be fm- ed unty jail of Beltrami | m[!l such fine and costs are paid, not et and be in | e, approval Passed May 6th, 1007, Approved May Gth, 1907. Village of Seal WILLTAM CHILSON, Funkley Village President. Attest: “ohAs. WooDs, Village Recorder. Lasher Owns Fine Farm. C. L. Lasher left this morning 3 for Pillager, to look after his farming interests at that place. Mr. Lasher owns over 200 acres of the finest soil in Cass county, adjoining the village of Pillager. We have it from truthful neigh- | bors who have known Mr, Lasher ¢ | for- many years that he raises all | kinds of tropical fruits (includ- mg the product of the hen) and grams and grasses divers and supndry, down on that farm, which possession ‘he considers the “‘apple of his eye.” Local news on the last page. the county and south to the road | ROADS WOULD PREVENT ANOTHER GOAL FAMINE Agents Requested to Advise Both Wholesale and Retail Dealers to Stock Up. The railroads intend that the people of the northwest shall not be caught short on fuel next winter (many were last year) and are urging dealers and con- sumers to ‘‘get busy,” even this early in the year. A certain big road, which covers the Dakotas and Northern Minnesota, has issued the fol- lowing circular to its agents, re- lative to possible fuel famine. ‘“You are more or less familiar with the conditions that affected the matter of supplying fuel to consumers at your station and in the country surrounding your; station during the past winter. If the weather conditions during; the coming winter are at all sim- ilar to those which we have re- cently experienced, the difficul. ties attending the movement cf tratfic may beas bad and the general conditions possibly worse than last winter. “On this account,I want you to personally interview each dealer and urge upon him the advantage of ordering and shipping a sup: ply of coal which will be fully sufficient and adequate to supply the needs of all consumers for the entire season. This should be done as early in the season as possible, Itis my understand- ing that the wholesale coal com- panies are now prepared to fill all orders for fuel for immediate shipment, “In this connection, I want to call the attention of the dealer to the increase in the capacity of our cars, a great many of which| are eighty thousand pound cars. | Urge upon them the -desirability of placing carload orders for coal of sufficient tonnage to fill the capacity of the large cars. This will enable the railway companies to take care of the requirements of the trade with greater prompt- ness and more efficiency.”’ Stone Wanted. We are in the market for fifty cords of stone. - Call and see us. Schroeder & Schwandt. i ‘Forks’ will yet come into line ! boys overon the ‘Ruby’ could| | before the ‘Forks’ itrue light, before withdrawing PRAIRIE LEAGUE IS | NOT YET ABANDONED Bemidji Is Ready 1o Go Ahead With the Proposed Baseba_ll Organiz- atien. NOT BELIEVED GRAND FORKS WILL BACK AWAY. FROM LEAGUE Many Letters Have- Been Received From Players Who Want to Come Here. Despite the general opinion that seems to prevail in some of the cities that were to form the proposed PrairieBaseball League that the formation of the league has fallen through, it is not be- lieved in Bemidji that the or- ganization will aot be a *“go.” F. 8. Lycan of this city, who has been one of the prime mov- ersin the organization of the proposad league, says concern- ing the situation: “#Judging from the last letter given out by W. J. Price of Fargo (who has been very active in assisting the promoters of the league) that there was no inter- est being taken in the league at Grand Forks, I am rather in- clined to the belief that the and put a strong: team in the field. That city hhs always been to the front in ba.seba]l matters, and is considered one of the very hottest ball towns in the north- west. “Relative to the statement that Sunday ball would not be toler- ated in either Bast or West Grand Forks, I believe that the find a way around that also, by playing outside the limits of either city. “Bemidji is waiting for the final effort to place the matter people in its from the organization. The league as proposed would be compact and easily handled, and there is no reason why good ball could not be given the ‘fans’ in all the cities of the league, at proposition until forks matter has been more carefully canvassed. “We have received many let ters from’ players in various parts of the country, who are anxious to sign with Bemidji, in case a league team 1s put in the field to represent this city. There is no anxiety feltin this regard. We will be ‘in it,’ from the umpire’s ‘play ball’ until we win the penant.” Food and Apron Sale. The Episcopal Guild will hold a food and apron and bag sale at the I. O. O, F. hall ‘Saturday afternoon and evening, May 11, Sale to commence at 4 o’clock. The supper which was to have been given at this time has been postponed. BOLD BAD ROBBERS HOLD UP G. N. TRAIN — Shoot and _Instantly Kill Engineer, Wound Fireman, and Flee the Country. Butte, Mont., May 7.—(Special to Pioneer.)—The North Coast Limited, the crack train on the Northern Pacific railway from St. Paul to the Pacific coast, was held up at 2:15 this morning, at Welch’s Spur, fifteen miles east of this city. The robbers board- ed the tender and shot Frank Loud, engineer of the train, who was instantly killed. The fire- man_ was also shotin the arm, but escaped with but slight in- juries. The robbers fired a large number of shots, but ' were evi- dently scared out of their origi: nal intention to hold up the pas- sengers on the train, as after she shooting fireman they made their escape. The sheriff of Yellowstone coun- ty, with bloodhounds, is now on the trail of the robbers, and it is expected that the gang will be rounded up in short order. Woodmen Meeting. The regular meeting of the Modern Woodmen will be held at the I. 0. O. F. hall this evening and all members are requested to be present. Deputy organizer comparatively small expense. ‘We shall not give up the league | J. H. Welch will meet the mem- bers at this meeting. Good Clothes and Nothing Else, Money Cheerfully Refunded. : Clothing Ho:xse Some Men always buy clothes by a sort of weather Wait until the temperature schedule: makes a demand upon them. Some men anticipate the almanaec: They’re ready for what comes, when it comes. 315 Covert tovp coats that are worth up to $22. At $15 Kuppenheimer rain- coats worth as much as $20- $15 worth up to $25. If new developments in hat styles are of interest to you, and we think they are, you’ll be highly pleased with John B. Stetson’s new stiff hats. Stetson’s “Locust” looks like a head-liner this season . Kuppenheimer fine suits; new fabrics latest models: worth up to $22. At $20, finest suits and overcoats that are You can’t find better hats than John B. Stetson’s.. They are here from.. Stiff Hats at $4 Cncyerht 1907 he G Houe of Kuppenbeimer $4 $3 50 t0$5 the Grand | of the engineer andj PIONEER RESIDENT OF NYMORE HAS SOLD oUT 0. ). Tagley Disposes of.Mercantile Interest to His Partner and May Go West. O. J. Tagley, the Nymore mer- chant, has disposed of his inter- est in the business of Tagley & Olson, and may possibly move from this community to the far west—Idaho, Oregon or the Can- adian Northwest. x Mr. Tagley is the pioneer resi- dent of Nymore (which is almost a suburb of Bemidji) having moved here from Mentor in Feb ruary 1903. Although that was but four years ago, there was practically - nothing in the form of business houses where Ny- more now stands, and Mr, Tag- ley had to literally hew out his home among the jackpines before he had a lot cleared on which to erect his store . building, Dur- ing the four years that he con- TRAINS TO BOUNDARY DURING MONTH JuLY Edmund G. Walton, Manager Townsite International Falls Will Bet on Completion of Line. MINNESOTA & INTERNATIONAL EXTENSION IS BEING RUSHED Dempsey & Dougherty, Contractors, Say Grade Wiil Be Completed Not Later Than July 1. International Falls Echo: The steel on the M. & I. has been laid to a branchof Bear River, about six miles this side of Big Falls, where a short delay is be- ing caused by the driving of pil- ing for a bridge. There will be one or two other small bridges that will have to be put mn before the road reaches the Little Fork river, but they will require but ducted the store, Mr. Tagley claims, he has handled over $100,000 worth of goods and built up a lucrative business. Mr. Tagley has been promi- nent in the public affairs of Ny- more, serving as the first village president and being re-elected to that office each succeeding year. He has not yet decided just what he will do, but despite a desire to go west, may remain in Bel- trami county. $9.00 Worth of Fun for 99c at the Eagle’s Pov- erty Ball Tomor- . «» row Night. . . MARINE REGRUIT DROPPED DEAD AT BROOKLYN William J. Grant, Who' Was Recruited in This City, Suddenly Stricken "~ Yesterday. Brooklyn, N. Y., May 7.— (Special to Pioneer.)—William J. Grant, who was recruited a month ago into the United States marine corps at Bemidji, Minn., dropped dead last night|} at the marine barracks of the Brooklyn navy yard. The case has been diagnosed as one of heart disease, although the enlistment record shows that the young man’s. health was ex- cellent in every particular at the time he was admitted. The mother of the young man, Mrs. Mary Becker, lives at Rush City, Chisago county. Mrs. Becker has been notified regarding the death of her son and the remains are now at the morgue in the naval hospital here. Grant was 28 years old and had spent most of his life in Minne- sota. Elk’s Teeth to be Discarded. Elk teeth worn as charms by by members of the B.P.O. E. throughout the United States are to be discarded, says the Winona Republican. The mat- ter will be considered at the meeting of the grand lodge to be held in Philadelphia in July and it is thought that action will be taken. President Roosevelt has made the request interceding for the residents of the western states, who claim that the elk are fast b2ing extinguished. The people appealed to the govern- ment to protect the elk so that they will not become extinct like the buffalo. The discarding of the elk charms will represent several million dollars at the low- est esnmaf.e little time. A large force of men is completing the gaps in the roadbed between the two rivers, and it is not thought that the lat- ter will interfere with the speedy completion of that part of the road. The prediction was made that Littlefork would see the cars by the 10th of this month but the delay in getting spikes will render it impossible to com- plete that section of the road until abous fifteen days later. The company now hassufficient steel and spikes on the ground at Big Falls to finish the exten- sion to this point, so there will be no more delay from that source. There are some of our eciti- zens to hold to the idea that the M. & I. cannot be completed in time for train service during the month of July. They perhaps do not realize the responsibility and resourceful- ness of the contractors, and have not seen the preparations ‘which they have made for the carrying on of the work. The following copy of a letter written by the contractors to Edmund G. Wal- ton, manager of the townsite of International Falls, will be of in- terest in this connection, Minneapolis, April 29, 1907. Mr. Edmund G. Walton, Minneapolis, Minn, Dear Sir: Regarding your inquiry as to when the grading from Big Falls to International Falls would be completed, would say that with favorable weather and conditions, we expect to complete the grad- ing on the new line by July 1st. Yours truly, - Dempsey & Dougherty. So confident is Mr. Walton that Northern Pacific trains will be running into our town during the month of July that he is will- ing to back his- judgment by a wager in the sum of $50 and has authorized us to make the same for him, in case there is a “doubting Jupiter” here who thinks his guesswork is good as compared with the conservative judgment of men who have inside information as to what is doing and isto be done to hurry the completion of the road. “Take Notice.” + All male inhabitants of the city of Bemidji between the ages of 21 and 50 years, except such as are exempt by law, shall pay a poll tax for the year 1907 of one day’s work on the streets, high- ways or public improvements of the city within the ward in which he lives. In lieu of one day’s work he can pay to the superin- tendent of streets one and 50-100 dollars. This notice must be complied with by May 10th, or &s soon thereafter as the weather will permit according to the city charter. Report without further notice to James R. Miller, Supt. streets and alleys. Bemidji, Minn., May 6, ’07. THOMAS MALOY, - City Clerk. Local news on the last page