Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, August 14, 1907, Page 4

— BELTRAMI COUNTY FAIR - WILL EXCEL FORMER FAIR There Will Be Three Days of Racing, Instead of Two, as Originally Intended---Some Splendid Speakers Secured for the Fair. The arrangements of the holding of the second annual fair of the Bel- trami County Agricultural associa- tion (on Thursday, Friday and Sat- urday, Sept. 26-27-28) are about completed, and there is every indi- cation that Bemidji will this fall have the most successful fair in the history of the north half of the state. . The committee on finance reports having secured very flattering assurances of support, with several donations of a substantial character, insuring the payment of very liberal premiums for exhibits, and also for purses for the three days’ race meet. At first, it was only intended to hang purses for races on two days of the fair, but the assurances of liberal subscriptions assured - the management that another day’s races could be added to the orig- inal program, so that the races on the program, now, are the following: September 27.—3.00 class trot or pace, $200; 2:22 class trot or pace, $250. September 28.—2:28 class trot or pace, $250; free-for-all class, trot or pace, $300. September 29.—2:15 class trot or pace, $300; 2:40 class, trot or pace, $250. Already Secretary A. G. Rut- ledge has received several letters of inquiry concerning the races and applications for entry blanks, and as the meet does not interfere with any other races in Minnesota or Dakotas, and also follows immedi- ately after the Hibbing meet, there is every indication of a large entry list. Some of the best speakers in the state have been secured to deliver addresses, so that the “‘spell-binding” division of the big fair will be in very capable hands. For the opening day of the fair (Sept. 26—"Old Settlers’ day”) three speakers of note are on the program. L. G. Pendergast of this city will deliver the address of welcome to the old residents, and Hon. Halvor Steenerson, of Crookston, congressman from this (the Ninth district) will respond, with one of his interesting talks. Attorney C. W. Stanton of International Falls, county attorney of Koochiching county, will also deliver a speech. Hon. Moses E. Clapp, junior United States senator, will be the sole speaker on the second day of the fair. It is the intention of the manage- ment to secure Congressman J. Adam Bede for an address on Satur- day, the last day of the fair, as well as William O’Neil of Cass Lake, ex-state senator of Wisconsin. A baseball tournament,with games between the Bemidji and outside teams, with a deciding game on the last day, is among the possibilities, as well as several sensational acts for which the president and secre- tarv are now negotiating. THE GENTRAL MINNESOTA MILLERS MET IN BEMIDJI Good Attendance of Flour-Makers.-- Their Coming Was Not Generally Known Here. The members of the Central Min- nesota Miller’s association together of invited friends from North Dakota are holding their annual summer outing here and will remain for several days, enjoying the summer advantages Bemidji can furnish her guests. A business session was held at the Markham hotel yesterday, at which the delegates and visiting millers discussed many matters of importance to them. The association usually meets at Minneapolis, but their many busi- ness interests in this section of the country, together with the natural advantages to be had here for an outing, led them to choose Bemidji as their point of meeting. The society is composed of mil- lers in the northern part of the state, with Duluth as an east line boundary, the main line of the Northern Pacific railroad as a south line, and as far west as Fosston. At this meeting they discussed railroad rates and the new legis- lation governing same. A move- ment is on foot with the railroad to raise the minimum weight of car lots from 24,000 pounds to 30,000 This the millers oppose. The general agents and transpor- tation agents of several lines of road met with them yesterday. The out-of-town guests were as follows: Frank Fairchild, Gen Agt. Mu- tual Transit Co., Charles Robinson, Trav. Frt. Agt., Mutual Transit Co., A.L. Evans, Gen. Agt. Western Transit Co,, R. P. McCune, Gen. Agt. Wabash R. R.,, W. L. White, Gen. Agt. Pere Mnrquette R. R, G. A. Upton, Gen. Agt. Baltimore & Ohio R. R., George Brown Trav. Pas. Agt. Port Huron & Duluth Steamship Co., all of Minneapolis. The Millers in attendance at the convention were E. Van Houten, Moorhead; J. A. Dunn, Park River, N. D.; Asa Farden, Caledonia, N. D.; H. B. Eggers, Grafton, N. D.; A. Robbie, Cavalier, N. D,; F, H. Chapman, Jamestown, N. D.; C. D, Jennison, Rugby, N. D.; W. D. Movius, Lidgerwood, N. D.; J. P. Crowley, Ellendale, N. D.; Anton Jenson, MclIntosh; Louis Hanson, Ada; Matt Barzen, Thief River Falls; J. J. Padden, Red Lake Falls, with a number Souvenir envelopes at this office. Notice to Contractors. Sealed bids will be received unti 8 o’clock p. m. August 19th, 1907, by the city clerk of the City of Be- midji for the lowering of the engine room floor in the city hall to street grade and placing new foundation under same, also for the construction of a basement 20x38 ft. under por- tion of said building. A certified check on a Bemidji bank of 10 per cent of the amount of the bid must accompany each bid as a guarantee of good faith of the bidder. . Plansand specifications may be seen at the city engineer’s office. The council reserves the right to reject any or all bids. M. D. Stoner, Thomas Maloy, City Engineer. City Clerk. ““The Signal of Liberty.” By the Noble Theatre Co. last night made another big hit and was greeted with a full tent. The Noble’s have established themselves with our theatre goers, by giving first-class dramatic pro- ductions. The specialties were well received and greatly enjoyed. The play for tonight is the Russian drama, “Michael Strogoff,” a drama- tization of Jules Verns novel of the same name staged with all special scenery and correct costumes. NEWS FROM LAKE SIDE AND GRAND FORKS BAY People Living on Beautiful Lake Be- midji Are Enjoying Their Outings to the Utmost. Roy Carter and family, who have been spending the summer at Lake Side, returned yesterday to their home in Grand Forks. Rev. Miller and family of Grand Forks are the guests of Mrs. Tom Griffith at Lake Side. ® Dan Bull of Grand Forks is visit- ing his sister, Mrs. Thomas Canip- bell, at Grand Forks Bay. Mrs. C. P. Trepanier of Grand Forks is staying at the - Williams cottage at Lake Side. ’ J. F. T. O’Connor of Grand Forks is visiting his sister, Mrs. Trepanier, at Lake Side. Ralph Clifford and Donald Woods of Grand Forks were callers at Grand Forks Bay today. Dr. J. F. Percy, who has been the guest of H. S. Chase and family at Grand Forks Bay, returned to his home in Galesburg, Ill, today. - Fountain pen ink at the Pioneer office. ! 1{good cuts of some of our best MARSHALL A. SPOONER, Judge FifteenthJudicial District. “Likeness’’ of Sheriff Irwin. Wadena, Minn., Aug. 6th, 1907 A. G. Rutledge Esq., Managing Editor Daily Pioneer, Bemidji, Minn. My Dear Sir:—Your esteemed favor of the 5th inst. just to hand. I am extremely sorry to inform you that there has been such an unusual demand for my “picture” of late, that at the present writing I am entirely out. Have care- Z fully looked through the files and cuts of our home papers and while they have quite a number of very known people, they all have a number printed on or across them which is altogether too suggestive and don’t look good in a daily paper. A. L. IRWIN However, I should like to suggest that should you have a good “cut” of some prominent congressman or noted divine you might substitute it for the one I should liked to have sent you. the desired cut, I am Again.expressing my sincere regret of my inability to furnish Yours.truly, —A. L. Irwin. The editor of the Pioneer furnished plans and specifications for a St. Paul artist, who has drawn what he assures us is an exact likeness of Mr. Irwin, and which we reproduce herewith. STATE AUDITOR SENDS LETTER TO GO. AUDITORS Mr. Iverson Explains Law Governing| Apportionment of State Road and Bridge Fund. St. Paul, Minn., Aug.14.—Samuel G. Iverson, state today drafted a letter to county auditors which will be sent out tomorrow, on auditor , the subject of the road and bridge appropriation of $200,000. This appropriation, which amounts to $400,000 for two years, was ruled to be constitutional by the attorney general a short time ago, and Mr. ‘| Iverson accordingly makes explana- tion of the law governing the matter, preparatory to. distributing the first $200,000 as -apportioned by the legislature, Mr. Iverson writes each auditor as follows: . + “Chapter 405 Central Laws, 1907, designates the amounts appropriated in each of the counties of the state and determines the manner of its expenditure. Qe “Section one provides that in all cases the work shall be performed under tbe supervision of the board of county commissioners. “Section two provides that when the work has been completed the county commissioners shall so certify to the state auditor, stating therein the sum or sums so expended. The state auditor is then authorized to draw his .warrant in favor of the county treasurer for the amount due. The law requires thatthe money shall be sent to the county treasurer. “Where the law does not specify the places or accounts to be expend- ed, it rests entirely with the county board to do so. Certain sums may be apportioned to townships or other municipalities as their share in the distribution, But the county board should exercise supervision of the work and certify completion thereof to the state auditor. ] “The amount named for a county is for each of the two fiscal years ending July 31, 1909, except where it is otherwise stated. The appropri- ation will remain in force up to December 31, 1910. The amounts appropriated for the first year are now available and will be paid promptly upon presentation of the proper vouchers, duly certified as stated in sectiontwo. The ~ sums appropriated for the second year will be available for payment by the state on and after Aug. 1, 1908. When the work on any jobin a municipality has been completed it can be so certified to this office whereupon payment of the sum expended will be promptly made and payments will continue to be made until the entire sum appropriated for the county is exhausted. “The sums appropriated under this law, (Chapter 405) are separate and distinct from those apportioned by the state highway commission. “Yours truly, . - “s.G. IVERSON, “State Auditor.” Looking After Logs. Frank Smith, who represents the Scanlon-Gipson Lumber company 6f Minneapolis, is a visitor in the city, having come in from Minneapolis last night. Mr. Smith recently purchased for his company the pine belonging to A. L. Crawford, north of Solway. The logs are being sawed at Mr. Crawford’s small mill. There are 2,000,000 feet of the logs. = Detroit and Return $12.00 Via the South Shore; tickets on sale leaving Duluth, September 8th, 11th, 15th and 20th, connecting at St. Ignace with the elegant steamers of the D. &-C. N. Co. To Buffalo, $2.00 higher. Limit three weeks. For sleeping car and steamer reser- vations apply to A. J. Perrin, General Agent, Duluth, Minn. Dr. H. W. Smith of Crookston came over from his home, yesterday noon and left last evening for ‘the north country, via the M. & L. ~ That Bemidji is the centrally- located city for the erection of saw- mills in the north half of the state, aqd is the most desirable place at which to store the pine that s yet to.be cut in the section north of Brainerd for manufacture, 15 being manifested more strongly every day, and since the rates for hauling logs by rail from the north country to other portions of the state are being steadily advanced by the railway companies, this city becomes the 1object of interest to lumbermen gen- erall” who own pine in this section, and who are desirous of transform- ing the results of manufacturing the i pine into “coin of the realm.” Of late, there have been many rumors, several of which are of un- doubted authentic origin, to the effect that this city would be chosen as the place for the erection of at least two new sawmills (in addition to the Bemidji Lumber company’s mill, now being built) and that sites for the new mills had already been secured. One mill, at least, is a certainty— and rumor is busy with the real in- tentions of the gentleman who is interested in this—the mill which it is claimed by Mr. A. T. Hatcher that he is going to build. ~ Last Saturday Mr. Hatcher pur chased some very desirable property on the southeastern arm of Lake Irving, the land being admirably located for the operation of a saw- mill. The property abuts on the lake shore. The M. & I railway intersects a portion of it, and it is, in every particular, a splendid mill site. One story in connection with Mr. Hatcher’s purchase of the property is to the effect that C. A. Smith, the Minneapolis lumberman, who has large holdings of standing timber adjacent to Bemidji, will eventually own the land purchased by Mr. Hatcher and will at once begin- the erection of a mill on -the property for the purpose of sawing his pine. Another rumor credits Mr. Hatcher with having purchased the the mill site for the Crookston Lum- ber company, and that the com- pany’s mill which is now located at Crookston will be moved here and erected on the land purchased by Mr. Hatcher. Concerning the purchase of the RUMORS AS TO SAWMILLS TAKING TANGIBLE FORM A. T. Hatcher Purchases Mill Site and Will “Erect Box- wood Factory,”” So He Says---Rumor Connects C. A. Smith and Others With Prospective Mills. land and his intentions in connect- ion therewith, Mr. Hatcher says: 1 shall erect a mill for the pur- pose of sawing timber—in fact, a boxwood factory. My plans are, as yet, not fully decided upon, but when the matter has been fully determined, the fullest publicity will be given. However, there will be a mill, and it will be erected immedi- ately.” There are other rumors concern- ing prospective new mills, one being to the effect that the Grand Forks Lumber company will move its big mill at East Grand Forks to Bemidji. The low stage of the iater in the Red Lake river at the “Forks” and Crookston, which is making driving logs to the mill a difficult matter, taken together with the high rates that will shortly be in vogue for hauling logs, would lend some color to the rumor. The following article taken from the Crookston Journal, illustrates the difficulty of getting logs to the Crookston and Grand Forks mills: “If the present stage of Red Lake River is not improved before long, the big sawmill of the Crookston Lumber Co.,and the mill of the Grand Forks Lumber Co., at East Grand Forks will have to depend on shipment of logs by rail to a greater extent than they have for years past. River Boss Pat Sullivan passed thru the city yesterday enroute to Crooks Rapids about 2 miles above Red Lake Falls with an additional crew of men to assist in bringing down a drive of 3,500,000 logs. “He says the river there is ata lower stage than has been seen for years at this season, and itis lower here than fora number of years. In view of the fact that there have been copious rains all summer, it is hard to discover why the water is so low. “The existing conditions make the progress of the drive very slow, and it will be about three weeks before the drive will reach Crookston, and several more before it will reach Grand Forks unless there should be some very heavy rains which are not expected. Unless the stage of water is higher than at the present time, this will be the last big drive that will be brought down the Red Lake River this year, tho there are millions of logs to be driven down should the river be in better shape later.” WAS DROWNED WHILE 0UT BOATING AT LITTLEFORK A s Howard Mercer, Who Could Not Swim, Knocked from Boat to Watery Grave. Littlefork, August 14.—(Special to Pioneer.)—A sad case of drown- ing occurred here this morning when Mr. Howard ‘Mercer, a resident of 69-25, lost his life in the rapid current of the Little Fork river. Mr. Mercer, in company with Clinton Ronish and Louis Peterson, was in a canoe and on their way to the blueberry field, a short distance from their homes. While passing down the 'rapids, Mr. Mercer reached forward to brush aside a large limb and in let- ting go of the limb it struck one of his companions, precipitating all three into the river. Clinton Ronish, who knew how to swim, caught his companion, Louis Peterson, who was nearest him and dragged him ashore. When he returned. to get Mr. Mercer, the unfortunate man had been carried down stream a distance by the swift current, and he was ‘| unable to reach him before he sank. At the place where Mercer sank the water was quite deep and rapid and the dragging of the river for some distance failed to locate the body, which no doubt has floated down stream. All efforts, to the present date, to recover the body have been futile, though large searching parties have tried tolocate him. Deceased leaves a wife and three daughters to mourn his death. He was a pioneer settler of the com- munity and highly. respected by all who knew him. Additional Locals AAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA Dr. Osborn came down from Blackduck this morning. W. R. Baumback arrived in the city last evening from his home at Wadena. William Poupore returned this morning from a business trip to Shooks Spur. G. E. Kreatz, the contractor, went to Walker this morning on a business trip. George R. Wilson and C. M. Wilkins of Park Rapids spent last night in the city. A. O’Kelliher came down this morning from his home at Black- duck and spent the day in the city looking after business matters. T. J. Nary, the north-country representative for the Pillsbury company, came in last evening from Park Rapids and left this morning on a business trip to Walker. Mrs. A. W. Danaher and two children left this morning for Morris, having received word that her mother was very ill. Mrs. Danaher will go from Morris to Minneapolis for a visit, after leaving Morris. Messenger Eoys Get Unruly. Pittsburg, Aug. 14.—A sympathetic strike of nearly 200 Western Union and Postal messengers caused more confusion here than the strike of the telegraphers. The boys insisted upon making a demonstration and the po- lice had to arrest one of them. Explosion Injures Ten Men. Chicago, Aug. 14—Ten men were injured, one of them fatally, by the explosion of a gas tank at Seventy- first street and South Chicago avenue. All were laborers. Victim of Yellow Fever. Havana, Aug. 14—Sergeant Wesley Merritt of the hospital corps, one of the first to become infected with yel- low fever, ia dead. i A few doses of this remedy will in- wariably cure an ordinary attack of diarrhees. . It can always be depended uponm, even in the more severe attacks of cramp colic and cholera morbus. It is equally successful for summer diarrhoea mi cholera infantum in children, and is the means of saving the lives of many children each year. When reduced with water and sweetened it is pleasant to take. Every man of a family shounld keep this remedy in his home. Buy it now. PRICE, 250 LARaE , 50C. ‘ Barker’s Drug Store _— ONE CENT A WORD. HELP WANTE . WANTED—For U. S. army, able- bodied, unmarried men between ages of 19 and 35, citizens of the United States, of good characte~ and temperate habits, who can speak, read and write English. For information apply to Recrait- Officer, Miles Block, Bemidiji, Minn, WANTED: Competent girl for general /house work. $5.00 per week. Inquire of Mrs. Thomas Bailey. WANTED: Lady piano player,who can sing, for out-of-town engage- ment. Apply to Pioneer. WANTED: Girl for general house- * work. Apply at Pioneer office. WANTED: Dishwasher at once. Pay $20 per month. Hotel Brink- man. WANTED: Two kitchen girls. - Inquire City Hotel. B ‘ WANTED: Second cook. Hotel Markham. = FOR SALE. B PPV FOR SALE: House and lots, No. 700 Bemidji Ave., for sale; 75 foot front; house heated with hot water; electric lights and all modern conveniences. Call at 711 Lake Boulevard. FOR SALE—Rubber stamps. The Pioneer will procure any kind of a rubber stamp for you an short notice. FOR SALE: _Nice seven room house. 717 Lake Boulevard. In- quire of T. Baudette, at city liv- ery. FOR ALE CHEAP—Four room hous in Mill Park. Easy terms. Ing ire of Harry Reynolds. FOR SALE—Magnificent moose head mounted; will be sold cheap. Inquire at this office. LOST and FOUND A APPSO NS LOST—Between M. E. church and Mississippi bridge a lady’s small gold watch, scalloped edge, en- graved with initials S. A. N, Liberal reward offered. Finder return to this office. LOST—A pair of brown silk gloves, elbow length. Finder please re- turn to this office. MISCELLANEOUS. B TSV PUBLIC™ LIBRARY—Open Tues- days and Saturdays, 2:30- to 6 p. m. Thursdays 7 to 8 p. m. also. Library in basement of Court _House. Mrs. E. R. Ryan, librar- ian. Ghe PIONEER Delivered to your coor every evening Only 40c per Month