Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, September 19, 1907, Page 4

OPINION RENDERED ON THE ITASCA POOR FARM| Assistant Attorney General Holds Word *‘Buildings” Includes Lands on Which They are Erected. St. Paul, Minn,, Sept. 19.—The department of the attorney general late yesterday made public an opinion by George T'. Simpson, first assistant, holding that in spite of the words “real estate” in the law authorizing appraisement of county property, the word “buildings” prac- tically includes real estate on which the buildings are located. This permits of appraisement of the Itasca county poor farm, which is supposed to contain valuable iron ore deposits. The opinion is given to Einar Hoidale, chairman of the commission appointed by the govern- ment and is self explanatory as fol- lows, that: “To Einar Hoidale, Esq., chair- man, Minneapolis: The commission, consisting of yourself, Hon. Thomas Downs and M. ,C Tift, Esq., appointed by the governor to inquire into the valu- ation of properties belonging to Itasca county in connection with the division of said county whereby Koochiching county was formed, inquire as to the proper construction, in the opinion of this office, to be given section 393, Revised Laws of Minnesota for 1905. The same pro- vides as follows: “All territory so transferred shall continue liable for its proportion of the excess, if any, of the indebted- ness of the original county above the value of its county buildings, and of the balance of funds in its treasury. “The question being, whether the term ‘building,’ as used therein, in- cludes furniture, fixtures and equip- ment of such county buildings aud the land upon which buildings staud; and whether it should be construed to include lands owned by the coun- ty and used for county purposes, up- on which at the time of the separa- tion no county buildings had been erected. “In reply therein, I beg to suggest that the statute is a remedial one and therefare ic ta he given a con- struction calculated to carry out the purposes of the enactment, and one as broad as the language of the act will consistently permit. This sec- tion is also section 634 General Statutes, 1849, which in turn was taken from the original act known as chapter 143 of the General Laws of Minnesota for the year 1893. “Section 14 of that act, so far as herein material, provides that: “‘When there is any bonded or other floating county indebtedness outstanding against any county out of which any such new county has been wholly or in part created, the same shall be paid by such old and new counties in proportion to their respective valuations, provided that in case any snch county has been wholly or in part formed created possesses county buildings erected by the county, the same shall be appraised and the present value thereof to the county in which such buildings are situated, shall be ascer- tained as hereinafter provided.” “It seems quite clear from the foregoing that it was the intention of the legislature in enacting such law to have regard only to the build- ings which had been ‘erected’ and which were to remain with and to be used by the parent county, that it was competent for the legislature so to do, there can be no doubt. But the term ‘buildings’ has often been held to include the land upon which the same stands and I am of the opinion that under the rule of liberal construction above noted, this could be the construction given to the statute now under consideration. Furthermore, that the term ‘build- ings,’ as used in this statute, does not include mere furnjture but in- cludes such fixtures as are attached to and are a part of such county buildings, and does not include land upon which at the time of the separation no county buildings had been erected. ‘ —"George Simpson, “Asst. Att'y Gen’l,” “‘Sister” Geil Dead. A telegram wasreceived yesterday from Milbank, S. D.. to the effect that Lillian May, the 3-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Geil, had died at Milbank the previous night. No particulars as to the cause of death were given, there being nothing but the announcement of the death, which came as a shock - — to the relatives and friends of Mr. | trial Tor the accused Plttsburgeér.™ and Mrs. Geil living in this city. Mr. and Mrs.Geil have been visit- ing with relatives at Milbank for two weeks past, having gone there District Attorney Jerome, it is un- derstood, will oppose an immediate hearing of the case and on the ques- tion of the date of trial will come the first skirmish of Thaw’s new defender with the representatives of the state. with their three children. Further particulars of the death of the little girl will undoubtedly be received by mail today. The little girl was a very bright child, and was a twin sister of a boy, It is belleved that In the end both sides will agree on a date in Decem- ber for the trial. Workmen Jump Barge Starts to Sink. ’ Into River When she being called boy “Brother.” very Both popular here, “Sister” and the twins were and sincere sympathy is expressed on all sides to the Geil family in their loss. Pittsburg, Sept. 18.—Panic stricken when a barge in which they were crossing the Allegheny river began to sink six workmen employed by the Dravo Contracting company on the United States government dam No. 2 at Aspinwall, Pa, a suburb six miles above this city, jumped into the river Electric Lights for Northome. Northome, Sept. 19.—(Special to Pioneer.)—At its regular meeting held Tuesday evening the village council granted a franchise to E. E. Bigham, of Minneapolis, to con- struct, maintain and operate a com- plete electric lighting system within the limits of the Village of Northome for a period of thirty years. The ordinance granting - the franchise provides that the plant shall be completed and in operation by January 1, 1908, it is the intention of the promoters to com- mence work on the same as soon as a suitable site and the necessary material for the construction of the plant can be secured. and B. P. 0. E. This Evening. A regular meeting of Bemidji Lodge, No. 1052, will be held in the hall this evening, when the fall cam- paign will be started that is expected to develop a lot of good fellows from “fawns” to full-feldged antlered “Bills.” Along the line of swelling the membership of the local lodge,a big class of candidates will be initiated at the first regular meeting of the lodge in October. Local Elks are much pleased over the outlook for a fine interesting Elk work. winter of Should “Cut It Out.” A numbea of reckless youths of | the city have become enamored of | the pastime of climbing to the belfry of the Norwegian church; of late, and vigorously ringing the bell. The practice is very annoying to the residents of that part of the city, and if the “kids” (or anyone else who participates in the ringing) don’t stop the trick, action will be taken to invoke the strong arm of the law in the matter. A word to the wise should suffice. Fair for Northome. Northome, Minn.,, Sept. 19.— (Special to Pioneer.) — Tuesday, October 1, has been set as the day for the second annual fair of the { Northern Farmers Association, which will be held at this place. The various committees appointed to look after the arrangements are making good progress and will leave nothing undone to make the coming fair the biggest and best in the history of the association. Possibility of Raising Licenses. The Pioneer is informed that there is somewhat of a sentiment among several members of the village coun- cil to raise the amount to be charged for saloon licenses from $500 to $1,000. While it is impossible to get positive statements from any of the councilmen to the effect of the above, we have been told that there has been considerable talk along this line. TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY. WANTED—Office boy. Must be over 16 years old. Inquire at office of Crookston Lumber com- pany. ESKIMOS IN NEED OF FOOD Much Suffering Follows Failure of the Fisheries. Battle Harbor, Labrador, Sept. 18.— Dr. Wilifrid Grenfel, the well known missionary, who for the past month has been cruising on the mission yacht Strathcona along the Northern Lab- rador coast, reports much suffering among the Eskimo settlements of that and ‘Wers drowned. * Noné could swli. With the exception of Frank Her- man all the men were Italians. No One Fatally Injured. Easton, Pa., Sept. 18.—A Lehigh |* Valley express train from Buffalo to New York was. wrecked near Patten- burg tunnel in New Jersey, thirteen miles from this city. A number of trainmen and passengers were injured, but none of the latter fatally. The train wWas running at high speed when the locomotive jumped the track and plunged into the mountainside. Beriberi in Nebraska. Lincoln, Neb., Sept. 18—Dr. I D. Jones of Murdock has informed the state board of health that twenty cases of beriberi existed among the Japanese laborers at Alvo, Neb, The state board immediately sent repre- sentatives to investigate. Dr. Jones declared that the disease resembled paralysis and seemed to be contagious, Asks $26,000 for Broken Heart, Minneapolis, S8ept. 18,—Edna Moyni- han says that Ole Theobaldi, the vio- linist, has broken her heart by not keeping his promise to marry her. She told Judge Brooks that she didn’t care about the money—it was the loss of her soul affinity that affected her. But she thought $25,000 would about do. Theobaldi made no appearance. _— Sure Cure. “Here's a letter from a young man,” sald the answers to correspondents ed- itor, “who wants to know how he can break himself of the cigarette habit.” “Tell him to marry a strong minded woman who objects to it,” growled the snake editor.—Chlcago News. district due to the failure of the fish- erles during the season just ended. The native fishermen, except in the North, were fairly successful, but the visiting fleet of several hundred ves- sels, most of them from Newfound- land, had poor luck. Among the ves- sels Which visited the coast this sum- mer was a German warship, which- supplied the Moravian missionaries, DEMAND IMMEDIATE TRIAL Plan of Harry Thaw's Counsel When Case Is Called. New York, Sept. 18.—When the criminal branch of the supreme court opens next month and the™ case of Harry K. Thaw, charged with the mur- der of Stanford White, is called Mar- tin W. Littleton, senior counsel for the defense, will demand immediate E LEFT TO MASONIC ORPHANS Estate Valued at Over $2,000,000 Goes to Charity, Philadelphia, Sept. 1.—Under the will of the late Thomas E. Watson, treasurer of the grand lodge of Masons of Pennsylvania, who died recently, his entire estate, valued between $2, 000,000 and $3,000,000, is devised to the grand lodge of Pennsylvania for the education and support of male or- phans of master Masons. Peter Boyd, an attorney of this city, is made sole executor of the estate. PETTIBONE SERIOUSLY ILL Unable to Appear in Court to Have Case Set for Trial. Boise, Ida., Sept. 1.—George A. Pettihone was unable to appear in the district court during the day to have his case set for trial. An afidavit of the attending physiclan stated that Pettibone is suffering from ulcer of the -bladder, which unless soon checked will prove fatal. It says an operation may be necessary, but fears the patient will be unable to sur- vive it. Sixty Railroads Involved, ‘Washington, Sept. 18.—An impor. tant complaint, involving charges of discrimination against nearly sixty of the leading railroads and steamship lines of the country, has been filed with the interstate commerce com- mission by the Forest City freight bu- reau of Cleveland, the railroads in- cluding the Pennsylvania, New York Central, Baltimore and Ohio, Boston and Maine, Southern and other lines. 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