Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, June 11, 1907, Page 1

\ 4 DJI DAITLY PIONE MINNESGTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY. VOLUME 5. NUMBER 43 BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 11, 1907 REGULAR MEETING OF CITY COUNCIL HELD LAST NIGHT At Their Meeting Last Evening They Established Fourteen Foot Cement Walks for Business Portion ¢f Town--- More Street Grading Contracts Let. QA All the aldermen . Bowser and Mayer were pn.(.‘a/S ot . . 'O the regular meeting of the city cof't‘(?, Much important business was considered,chief among cil last evening. which was the adoption of a resolu- tion directing the establishment of a 14-feet cement sidewalk in business section of the city as far north as Fourth street on Minne- sota, and Fifth street on Beltrami Ave., and from Bemidji to Irwin avenue on Third street, and to America avenue on TFourth street, also on both sides of Minnesota and Beltrami avenues from Fourth and Fifth street, respectively, a six foot cement side-walk was ordered, to be laid one foot outside the property line, and the curb to be set out 14 feet from the property line, this will allow for a grass plot 7 feet wide, and will be an extension midji avenue last year. The petition of Rev. White and others asking that the skating rink|- and the Bijou moving pictdre show be closed on Sunday, was by vote' referred to the mayor, the council having no jurisdiction in the en- forcement of the same. Ordinance No. 24, relating to dis- orderly houses was read for the third time and adopted. W. A. Walker was appointed janit- or of the city hall, at a salary of $50 5¢p,.. Messrs. | the | of the; boulevard system inaugurated on Be- ! per month, Tim Quinn having re- | signed. *nplications for liquor license of Gt 7idd and J. M. Hanson, were acupted. Schroeder & Schwandt were grant- yed permission to use 25 feet of the south side of Fourth street for stor- ing building material, in front of their proposed rew building, for 90 days. resolution ordering a plank sidewalk to be constructed on the north side of Eleventh street be- tween Irwin and Minnesota avenues, was adapted. Wes Wright was allowed $510 on the engineer’s estimate for grading around block 18. Bids for partial grading iblock 17 were opened as follows: Jesse Harry, 351-2c per yard; J. E. Flatley, 35c per yard; John Olson, 32c per yard; Wes Wright, 33 3-4c i‘per yard. On motion the bid of John Qlson was accepted. The job of street sprinkling for Albert Smart Wes Wright Masterson around " the season was let to at $79.95 per month. bid $94.75 and William $125 for the same work. The street commissioner was again instructed to repair and put in pas- ‘sable condition the bridge across the joutlet of the Mississippi. The city clerk was authorized to jpurchase a new flag for the city hall. GOUNTY COMMISSIONERS HOLD SPEGIAL SESSIONS Discuss Issuing Bonds to Take Up County Indebtedness, and Put County on Cash Basis. The board of county commission- ers met this morning at the court house session. The matter of issuing bonds to refund the indebtedness of the county, will be considered at this meeting, and several other in special outstanding im- portant matters will be taken up. The last financial statement of the county shows that there are $200,- 000 in .outsmn(ling warrants drawing six per cent interest. These war- rants are being discounted ten per cent by the banks and others invest- ing in this kind of paper, and as a consequence everybody doing busi- ness with the county adds ten per cent to the amount of their claim. It is proposed to issue bonds to take up these warrants and place the county oma cash basis in the future. No trouble is anticipated in float- ing these bonds at five per cent, and thereby effect a very material saving to the county. Box Stationery. We still have on hand a few Loxes of box stationery. We are closing out this line and will not re-order. Dentistry DR. G. The Kind You Appreciate Formerly of Minneapolis Successor to Dr. R. B. Foster M. PALMER Office--Suite 9, Miles Block BULL Great North We can give you accurate or address, A. L. CRAIG, General Passenger.Agent, ST. PAUL THE LURE OF THE LAKES THE WOODS AND STREAMS IN Summer Vacation Days . We can assi<t you n determining where to spend your vaca- tion this summer, whejher in a quiet fishing camp near by, or on an extended trip to distant points. OUTING bass, pickerel pike, mpskulonze and trout inhabited lakes and streams near and far in the Northwest with full particulars re- garding resort accommodations. TR AVEL. For particulars »s to travel-rates, routes, ete., call Alaska—Yukon—Pacifie Exposition, Seattle. June—October, 1009 E T I N: ern Railway information rezardiag the many E. E. CHAMBERLAIN, Agent, BEMIDJT State Land Sale, June 18 Mr. Clyde J. Pryor, Bemidji, Minn. Dear Sir:— State of Minnesota, State Auditor’s Office, St. Paul, Minn., May 27, 1907. I am writing you this to remind you that I will be at Bemidji Tuesday, June 18th, 1907, and hold our annual sale of Beltrami county lands. 1 have every reason to believe that this sale will be one of the most successful ever held in your county, as we have been receiving many inquiries from home seek- ers in Towa, Illinois, Indiana, and in fact almost every state in the Union. We appreciate the good work that the Bemidji Pioneer has been doing towards booming this sale, and trust that you may deem it of sufficient importance to give it a final send off in your last issue before the sale. Yours very truly, S. & IVERSON, State Auditor. BIG FORK DAIRYING l WILL DEVELOP RAPIDLY Presence of Stumps no Hindrance to Immediate Farming---Clearing of Land Is Easy. Big Fork Compass: In spite of the fact that the Big Fork country is a heavily timbered region, it is des- tined to become a rich dairying and farming section in a few years. Clearing of land is not considered the difficult task it was a generation ago. In the past, in older sections, hardwood timber was cut and burned on the ground, entailing a loss of hundreds of dollars to a field-maker, and the stumps were removed by the crude process of mixing muscle, pick- axé and mattock. Today practical farm-makers rea- lize that agriculture does not need to lag on account of the presence of stumps, although they can be speed- ily removed with stump-pullers and dynamite. Today there is good market for both soft and hard woods, and the timber can all be disposed of without a bonfire. Once the timber is removed, the stumps will practically remove themselves if given from four to six years to rot away. ; Grass seed scattered around the stumps followed by cattle, will hasten this decay, and in a few "|of meadow land and years the land will be in a condition to be cleared at very little ex- pense. However, if the farmer is in a hurry for a cleared field, he will find on every quarter section many acres alderbrush stumps which can be grubbed at an expense of $5 per acre or less. Should he tackle the well-timbered tracts, his clearing will cost him at least $50 per acre. At that, the land is worth the cost of the clear- ing, even if there be nothing but stumps to pay the labor at the time. As a rule, even on cut-over lands, the high prices paid for small and partly decayed refuse timber will more than pay the cost of clearing the land. HOMESTEADERS LINE UP AT U. S. LAND OFFICE Over 200 Men in Line Waiting Land Opening Tomorrow Morning--50 in Line for July 1 Opening. Cass Lake, June 10.—(Special to Pioneer.)—Theand rush is becom- ing quite exciting here at this time, as there are quite a number in line for the opening Wednesday. This afternoon when the west- bound passenger train pulled- in about thirty anxious settlers jumped off the train and then a race began to see which one could line up first, and get their numbers. The time is now drawing to a close and the meén who have already secured their numbers are afraid to leave their chairs, and it stands them in hand to watch very closely their positions or they may have a fight on their hands. | friendly relation with each other, but it is feared before the long ordeal is at an end there will be several un- friendly encounters. At present writing there are about 125 men in line, seventy-five of whom intend filing Wednesday, the others will wait untii July 1st, and July 12th. By Wednesday morning there will be over 200 in line, anxious to se- cure one of Uncle Sam’s claims. Salvation Army Services. Major Milsap of Minneapolis, will conduct services in the Salvation Army hall Wednesday evening at 8 o’clock. After the services, ice cream and cake will be served. On Thursday evening Major Mil- sap will conduct services in the Presbyterian church and will speak on,“Does it Pay to Be Religious.” WILL HAVE ELABORATE GAME BIRD HATGHERY < Game and Fish Commission Plans to Raise Pheasants on Exten- sive Scale. The state game and fish commis- sion plans to establish an elaborate Chinese pheasant hatchery if the ex- periments now being conducted with the birds in this state proves all that indication$ point they will. The commission aims to lease a farm on which to raise these beauti- ful game birds on a larger scale than atany one point in the United States. Last year the different lots of birds were sent out at St. Peter, Glenwood, Willmar, Hutchinson and Fergus Falls. It was a debatable question whether the birds would live through the winter. It was not doubted but that they could stand the cold, but could they find food? The question seems to have been an- swered in the affirmative, as reports from various quarters are that the Chinese pheasants have been seen in the woods and brush with broods of young birds which must have been hatched out this spring. One farmer near St.\Peter reports that a number of birds spent the entire winter in a corn field near his house where he had cut down all the corn in the field. : The state commission has now about 100 full grown birds in the St. Paul hatchery, and 100 chicks re- cently hatched out. Last year many of the young were lost as the men did not know how to handle them. So far this season not a chick has died. For the first few weeks of their lives the chicks are fed mainly on hard boiled eggs. After that they are able to take care of them- selves and eat anything. Itisfound necessary to- hatch the pheasant eggs under domestic hens as the Chinese pheasant will not sit while in captivity. The commission has just placed an order for 100 eggs from Oregon and 500 from Oak Park, Ill. At the latter place the birds are being raised on a large scale, W. R. Tait has made application for a pair of the pheasants, and if the birds are secured they will be placed on one of his farms, and it So far the men have maintained a lwill‘be interesting to note how they will thrive in this north country. BISIAR-BURGESS WEDDING { WAS HELD LAST EVENING Rev. Father Blais Officiated at Cere- mony, Which Was Performed at St. Anthony’s Chapel. A very pretty June wedding took place last eyening when Miss Mable T. Bisiar became the bride of D. R. Burgess, the ceremony being sol- emnized at St Anthony’s Chapel at 8:30; Rev, Father Blais officiating. The ceremony was performed in the presence of relatives of the con- tracting parties and a number of invited friends. The room was beau- tifully and appropriately decorated for the occasion. The ceremony was beautiful and impressive. Miss Hazel Olson of this city was bridesmaid, and Albert Burgess, a brother of the bridegroom, acted as best man. The bride wore a handsome gown of taffetta enveloped in an elaborate creation”of chiffon; while the brides- maid was appropriately costumed in pink tissue goods matching the bridal flowers, pink carnations. Following the ceremony a recep- tion was given the newly married couple at the home of the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. Bisiar. The home was beautifully decorated with potted plants and cut flowers. | The dining room with pink and white carnations; the music room with passion flowers. Refreshments were served during the evening. The couple received many Elegant {and beautiful presents. The bride’s parents presented them with a hand- some piano. Wm. Emrick presented them with a new Singer sewing machine. The bride is well and favorably known here. The groom is a young business man here. They have many friends and will certainly re- ceive the congratulations of a host of friends and well wishers. Ahey departed on the night train for Duluth and will go from there to Tower city where they will spend a few weeks. On their return they will commence housekeeping in their new home on Dewey avenue, and will be at home to their many friends after July 1. Among those present from out of town were Mrs. Jax‘nes Drapeau and Mrs. L. L. Giles of Brainerd; Al- bert and Lynn Burgess of Tower City, and Wm. Emrick of Crookston. Ike Black Has “‘Rep.” Somebody has been experimenting with the truth in relating to big fish story and about how Charley Ted- ford got entangled with a monster muscalonge and was obliged to leave the boat to land him. The story is plausible and well told but we don’t believe it. Charley is not fishing for muscalonge these days, he has other business, so absorbing that a fish weighing a hundred pounds would not swerve him from his pur- pose. If Ike Black were in the neighborhood we should lay the falsehood to him.—Cass Lake Times. _Ike must have been springing something new, over at the “Lake.” But as for Ike being a “falsehood— er,” zounds! never!! Additional local matter will be found on fourth page. FORTY CENTS PER MONTH PETER MATHIESON BOUND OVER TO THE GRAND JURY Man Accused of Killing His Partner, John Johanson, Ar- raigned in Justice Court This Afternoon---His Action Something of a Surprise. _ Peter Mathieson, charged with the murder of John Johnson, near Tenstrike, last February, was ar- raigned before Judge Slocum this afternoon, and waived examination. He was held without bail to Sep-| tember term of district court, and committed to the county jail. Mathieson, who is Dane, has been in this country but eight months, and had known Johnson, the man whom it is said he confessed to have murdered, since last November, ‘meeting him in Bemidji. Mathieson is 28 years old, and does not look like a criminal. When arraigned he was cool and self-pos- sessed. Through an interpreter,he signified his willingness to waive | preliminary hearing, Mathieson has no relatives in this country, and says he is going to | write his people in Denmark, ex- i plaining the position he is in, ~and expects to receive funds from them to engage counsel for his defense. Got His Just Deserts. Wadena Pioneer-Press: - A fellow over'in Hibbing was this week fined $15 and costs, amounting in all to $19:75, for shooting a robin. This is the highest penalty provided by the law covering despicable acts of this sort in the state, and every jus- tice of the peace or judge, when a case of this kind is brought before them, should follow the example of the Hibbing dispenser of justice and give the cruel offender the full limit, As President Roosevelt might well say, a person who deliberately kills robins is “a very undesirable citi- zen!’ ¥ Game Called on Account of Rain. Blackduck, June 9~—(Special to Pioneer-)—A very interesting game of ball was scheduled for here today with a crack nine from Tenstrike. Owing to the rain the game was called at the close of the third inning. Score, Blackduck 2, Ten- strike 1. MANY NEW SETTLERS BUY LAND AT BAGLEY The Creamery Industry Causes a Raise in Price of Land in Clear- water County. Bagley, June 11.—(Special to the Pioneer.)—Real estate in this coun- ty is changing hands quite rapidly this spring. Most of the sales have been made to actual settlers and the county is at present enjoying a healthy growth. Most of the trans- fers have been made in the vicinity of this place and near- the cream- eries in the other parts of the coun- ty. occasionally made. Improved lands which sold for $8.00 or $10.00 a year ago are bringing $12.00 to $15.00. Wild lands bring $7.00 to $10.00. Cash sales at a good figure are] UNIVERSITY STUDENTS WILL SURVEY THE LAND First State Forestry School to Be Es- tablished at Itasca Park This Month. e The state forestry board will hold a meeting at Itasca state park June 26. Under the new law, the parkis in charge of the forestry board,which has $35,000 of state money to in- vest in additional park lands. There is quite an amount of private pro- perty still inside of what has been designated as park limits, and the board will purchase this as far as the money will go. The work of surveying the land to be purchased,and scaling the timber, will be done by the students of the state university. - It will be remem- bered the last legislatura grantad $2,000 a year to the university for the establishment of a state summer school of forestry. A dozen univer- sity students will leave Minneapolis for the park in a few days to form the first school of forestry ever estab- lished in the northwest. They will be in charge of Mr.Cheney,assistant to Prof. Greene of the forestry de- partment at the university, The school will be conducted at the old lodge building and the students will for the most part live in tents pitched in the immediate vicinity. They will be joined on -June 8 by Prof. Greene, who will spend a few days ‘with them. Engraving. Those desiring engraved cards can leave - their orders with us and same will be given prompt and careful attention. The best assortment of steel pens, at the Pioneer office. Thirty kinds from which to make your selection. Local matter on last page. White Jacket FLOUR We notice there is one thing the people of Bemidji are are particular about and that is the flour they use. For that reason we sell ‘we mean only the best. By the best White J acket.‘ It has many superior qualities and is not made to com- pete with any flour—it isin a class by itseelf and is an exceedingly pure and wholesome flour. We reach this conclusion by the many testimonials of praise our cus- tomers give us for bringing to the Bemidji market so good a flour as White J &cket\ We have the exclusive sale of this flour ROE & MARKUSEN Phone-207