Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, September 21, 1907, Page 1

* THE BEMIDJI VOLUME 5. NUMBER 130. ™ A T BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, § IMPORTANT NAVIGATION MEETING HERE OCTOBER 2 Citizens Interested in Changing Bridges or Leaving Same as at Present Should Attend this Meeting.---Hearing Open to Everybody. Major Frances R. Shunk in charge of the U. S. government engineers for the district of St. Paul, has sent word to this city interested that the which was to have been held next Thurs- day has been postponed until Wed- nesday, October 2nd. | Major Shunk had arranged for a joint meeting of the loggers and lumbermen and those interested in the navigation of the waters of the ‘ Mississippi river in the vicinity of | Bemidji to be held in this city on]| September 26th, when he would con- duct a hearing of the arguments in the interests already named and also representatives of railroads and this city relative to the practicability of changing the present bridges that span the Mississippi river between Lakes Irving and Bemidji from the present stationary bridges to swing notifying those meeting ton the Mississippi or lift bridges, and also for formulat- ing joint rules for the use of the navigation and logging interests and to determine their respective rights river and its tributaries in the vicinity of Bemidji, The meeting was the result of complaints made by W. B. McLach- lin to the effect that it was impossi- ble to run his boat on the river be- tween Lake Irving and Bemidji, for the reason that the present bridges that span the river contribute to blocking the passage, and also that the operation of driving logs on other portions of the Mississippi river at times entirely blockaded that water way, making it impossible to come up or go down the stream. It isespecially urged that every- body in the city and the country tribu- tary to the Mississippi river attend this meeting and give their opinion to | this matter. PREMIUM LIST IS GIVEN This afternoon Albert Belke plead not guilty to five charges of forgery. IN THIS ISSUE PIONEER Read the Supplement and Get an En- try Blank From the Secretary, A. G. Rutledge. With this issue of the Daily Pio-| neer, we are publishing as a supple- ment a copy of the premiums that are offered for exhibits at the fair to be held in this city September 26-28. The list is complete, with the| exception of four prizes that have been added since the original list was issued, and which were inserted in the premium list book, before the same was bound, and which are on a separate leaf, in the book. These additional premiums are as follows: DIVISION D—SWINE—CL. A, Large Yorkshire boar. B. Large Yorkshire sow DIVISION E—POULTRY —C 1. Best bantam cock, any breed. 2. Best bantam hen, any breed PULLING MATCH. Team pulllng most weight, inches or more......... 5 (Rules governing this mateh will be agreed upon before the pulling begins.) PRIZE FOR LOGGING OUTFIT. Best four-horse team, harness and wagon—stylie, size and contorma- tion consldered 8% S5 S0 The intention of the premium list committee in offering the last prize (for best logging team and outfit) | was for the purpose of obtaining, if possible, exhibitions of teams, with harness, wagon and complete outfits, to show visitors at the fair what teamsters in the woods can produce, and it is certain that sev- eral of the logging companies here- abouts will see fit to enter their four-horse outfits. District Court. The grand jury will not adjourn today, as intimated in yesterday’ preceedings of district court. Several new matters were brought before that body this morning, and several indictments have been found. Other cases have also been set for hearing Monday, and it is doubtful at this time to state when adjournment will be taken. The jury in the case of R. I. Tip- ton, as trustee for Phillip Croteau vs. M. D. Stoner returned a verdict last night of $715.96 for the plaintiff. The case of Thimoty Craig vs. A. A. Smith was continued over the term. . The case of the Red Lake Mill- ing company vs. Latteral Mercantile Company, which was taken up yester- day afternoon, was withdrawn from the jury, and submitted to the court. ‘The divorce proceedings of James M. Nye vs. Martha M. Nye, was heard by the court today, and taken under advisement. In the case of J. H. Gates vs. James Sturdevant, the defendant made no appearance, and judgment |as his attorney. He has retained Gharles Scrutchin Ole Torgrimson who was arraigned yesterday after- noon on two charges of assault when | asked to enter a plea this afternoon, did not have his mind made up, and the court ordered a plea of not guilty entered. He will be defended by A. M. Crowell. The case of George D. Bread vs. Paul Winklesly and J. P. Lahr is on trial this afternoon. Wm. P. Murphy of Crookston represents the | plaintiff and H. J. Loud is conduct- ing the defense. Park for Blackduck. Blackduck American: Frederick Weyerhauser, the millionaire lumber- man will be given an opportunity to leave a lasting monument in his honor on the beautiful shores. of Blackduck lake. And it is up to him to say the word! The monument would be in the shape of a park which it is proposed to establish along the lake shore north of the road. Mr. Weyerhauser owns the land which contains some excellent speci- mens of native timber and this it is proposed to preserve for future gen- | erations. The owner has been asked to sell the tract to the village or if he sees fit, to donate it. In the latter event the proposed park will be named | Weyerhauser. Congressman Steenerson Here. Congressman Steenerson came over from Crookston this afternoon on a matter before the district court in connection with perfecting an appeal in the case of Namakin Lumber Company vs. The Rainy Lake River Boom Company, tried at the last term of district court, and decided adversely to the Boom Company for which Mr. Steenerson is the attorney. Excursion to Redby. Manager W. G. Marson, of the Red Lake Railway company, an- nounces that the company will run one of their popular excursions to Redby Sunday. The trip is a pleasant one and Bemidji people should avail them- selves of this opportunity. The trip includes several hours ride on Red Lake. Carl Akerberg’s Funeral Tomorrow. The funeral of Carl Akerberg will be held from the city hall to- morrow afternoon, at 2 o’clock. Rev. S. E. P. White, pastor of the Pres- byterian church will conduct the services. Services at City Hall. Owing to the improvements under way at the Presbyterian church the servicés of next Sunday will be held was entered hy default. Dot ‘m the city hall at the usual hours. Crookston Journal: Appreciating & Good Thing Arrangements have been completed whereby all the members of the state drainage board, Governor Johnson, Secretary Schmahl, State Auditor Iverson, State Engineer George A. Ralph and Mr. Welsh, chief of the State Immigration Bureau, will be in Bemidji on the afternoon and evening of September 26th, the ovening day of the Beltrami County fair. for the energy shown by the promoters of the fair. the same spirit might be shown to advantage. We know of other places where a little more of PIONEE. MBER 21, 1007. FORTY CENTS PER MONTH = Hurrah The Pioneer herewith reproduces in full the ordinance which hasbeen proposed in previous meetings of the city council, the provisions granting a franchise for the construction, operation and maintenance of an electric street railway within the limits of the City of Bemidji. This ordinance must be passed at three successive meetings of the city council, which covers a period of only two weeks and one day and which gives the council and the public in general not too long a time in which to consider its provisions. The ordinance is printed in full so that not only members of the council, but every resident of the city may familiarize himself or herself with its provisions. Ordinance Number-...... An Ordinance authorizing Carl C.Gowran,A.A Carter and Geo. W. Ten(swonh thexr henrs, executors, administrators or assigns to con- struct, equip, maintain and operate street railway lines in certain streets in the city of Bemidji. The Common Council of the city of Bemidji do ordain as follows: Section 1: It is hereby granted to Carl C. Gowran, A. A Carter and George W, Teitsworth, their successors, heirs, executors, ad- ministrators or assigns, the author- ity, right and privilege to con- struct, equip, maintain and oper- ate street railway lines for trans- portation of passengers and trans- portation of treight for their own use, with single or double tracks, with all necessary spurs, side tracks switches with poles, w1res conduits and appliances and tele’ phone wires on traction poles or conduits for its own use without compensation or hire over and along streets, avenues and alleys in the city of Bemidji hereinafter mentioned to-wit: Commencing at the North end of Doud Avenue where it now ter- minates or where any further ex- tension thereof may terminate thence along Doud Avenue to Tenth Street, thence along Tenth Street to Minnesota Avenue,thence along Minnesota Avenue to Second Street; thence along Second Street to Bemidji Avenue; thence along Bemidji Avenue to the street or highway constituting a southerly extension thereof across the Mississippi River between Lake Irvine and Lake Bemidji, and along such streets highways or alleys east of where said highway crosses the Minnesota & Inter- national Railway company’s right- of way, first in an easterly and then northeasterly direction along the highway as now or hereafter established to the north limit of the city east of Lake Bemidji. And one line commencing at at the intersection of the north limits ot the city of Bemidji and Irving Avenue extended north; thence south along the extension of and said Irving Avenue to Tenth Street, thence east along Tenth Street to Minnesota Avenue. Section 2: The said Carl C. Gowran, A. A. Carter and George W. Teitsworth, their heirs, execu- tors, administrators, successors and assigns shall have the right to operate said lines of railway by means of electricity or such other power or force as may be deemed advistble, provided that no loco- motive or moter propelled by steam shall ever be used on said lines of railway or any part thereof within the limits of the city of Bemidji, nor shall any power be employed on said lines or any part thereof within the limits of the city of Bemidji which shall be a public or private nuisance or shall constitute an additional servitude to the property abutting on said streets. Section 3: The said Carl C. Gowran, A. A. Carter and George W. Teitsworth, their heirs, execu- tors, admlms!rators, successors and assigns, are hereby granted authority and permission to enter upon all streets, alleys and side- walks herein mentioned and in- cluded in the routes designated, or any part of them, to construct, build, maintain. equip and oper- ate such railway lines. side tracks, switches, and conduts, and to place, erect and secure poles, columns, wires, conduits and ap- pliances which may be necessary or convenient 1n the construction, building, maintaining and opera- tion of said lines of railway, pro- vided that in the operation of power plants, if located within the city of Bemidji for the purpose ot generating power, no bitumin- ous coal shall be ‘burned or- used except by permission first had and obtained from the Common Coun- cil of the city of Bemidji. Section 4: All poles or columns erected under this ordinance shall be of such size, style height and material, and shall be placed at such points on the margin of the street side ot the sidewalks or boulevards and at such distances apart between centers as shall be designated by the city engineer, and shall be erected and the wires and the other appliances strung and fasteded thereon under the supervision and subject to the inspection and control of the city engineer; and all conduits con- structed shall be along the margin of the street side of the sidewalks or boulevards and atleast two feet underneath the level ‘of the side- walk or the level-of the surface of the ground. Plans showing the location of such pol=s, wires, ap- pliances and the location of such conduits, manholes leading to the same, shall be submitted to the city engineer, shall be approyed of by him in writing before the same are constructed, erected, strung or applied; such designa- tion, supervision, inspection and centzol by the city engineer shall be reasonable 1n all things and the disapproval of such plans by the city engineer shall be for good cause, Such poles, columns, ap- pliances, structures and conduits shall be erected applied and built, and the wires strung and apph— ances attached in modert. and approved methods so as to inter- fere as little as practicable with all other public uses of such streets. Section 5: The passenger coaches and cars used on said lines of railway shall be of modern styie of construction, suitable for the safety, convenience and com- fort of passengers; shall be com- fortably heated whenever neces- sary and the motor-men reason- ably protected from the weather during the winter months, and shall be properly lighted and ventilated and bear a sign on which shall be designated the route over which they are operated. Section 6: The said Carl C. Gowran, A. A, Carter and George W. Teitsworth in consideration of the granting of this franchise by the city of Bemidji, are from the time of the completxon of said lines of railway to operate passen- ger cars over the same during such hours of each day and with such frequency as shall reason- ably accommodate the traveling public desiring to use such lines, provided that in case the opera- tion ot cars over said lines is interterred with by circumstances over which said Carl C. Gowran, A. A. Carter and George W. Teits- worth, their heirs, executors, ad- ministrators, successors and assigns, have no control, or insur- mountable obstacles, then the running of cars may be suspended for such reasonable time as may be necessary. No cars shall be operated along the line of said railway at a greater speed than ten miles an hour. Section 7: Said lines of railway are to be constructed and operated as herein provided,on the grade of said streets as now established, or on the grade that may hereafter be established and where no grade is established, then upon such grade as the grantees herein may establish provided that no grade shall be established which will be a subtantial hinderance or inter- DEFECTIVE PAGE ference with the use of the street at that point by the public. PROPOSED FRANCHISE FOR BEMIDJI STREET RAILWAY Said Carl C. Gowran;, A. A. Carter and George W. Teitsworth, their heirs, executors, administra- tors, successors and assigns shall raise or lower the tracks, posts, columns, structures, appliances, conduits and wires to conform to any changes that may be made in the grade of any streets, alleys or avenues occupied by them at their own cost and expense whenever such streets or alleys are actually ordered to be graded to such changes and the Company is by the Common Council of the city of Bemidii ordered to do so, Section 8: The track of said railway lines shall not be elevated above the surface of the street where street is graded, and where the street is not graded shall be so constructed that' vehicles can eaisly pass across or along said tracks. Section 9. The space between the tracks and for a distance of two feet outside the track or tracks shall be at all times kept cleanand in good repair and the snow shall be removed therefrom sufficient to afford a safe and un- obstructed passageway for veichles within forty-eight hours after the snow fall, and in case such track shall not be kspt clean, and snow removed therefrom, the city of Cont}nued on Last Page STOMACH OF C. AKERBERG SENT TO STATE CHEMIST Coroner’s Jury is Awaiting the Return of the Analysis of Same Before Bringing in Their Verdict.---Will Frobably Be Rendered Next Week. No word has yet been received from the state chemist as to what caused the death of Carl Akerberg, who died suddenly last Monday evening under the most distressing circumstances, and the real cause of death is still shrouded in mystery. The coroner, assisted by Dr. Henderson, removed the stomach, portion of the liver and a portion of a kidney from -the body, carefully sealed the same and shipped it to thelstate chemist at the labratory of the State University for examination and report. The prescription telephoned by Dr. Marcum to Mayo’s drug store, and as received and filed by them, is as follows: THE OWL DRUG STORE. PRESCRIPTION DRUGGIST. Postoffice Corner, Bemidji. Rx So Salcylate grs. xx Strych Sulph “1—x Phenacetine zss No VI Cht. One every 3 hours. No. 1267. Copia. Date 9-16-07. (Phoned.) At the inquest all the doctors test- ified, and everyone knows it tb be a fact, that 1-10th of a grain of strych- nine, if taken by an adult in one dose; would be insufficient to even cause them distress, and the pre- scription provided for six doses, would make 1-60th of a grain in each powder or dose. The other ingred- ients in the proportions prescribed are perfectly harmless, and under these circumstances no blame can possibly be attributed to Dr. Mar- cum in connection with this most unfortunate affair. Mr. R. Roberts, the pharmisist in charge of Mr. Mayo’s drugstore only while Mr. Pepple, the regular pharmisist was absent on his vaca- tion, and who filled the prescription, was a registered assistant pharmisist and he is confident that he filled the prescription exactly as it was given, and as shown above. If the analysis from the State Chemist establishes that fact no blame can be attached to anyone. Thephysicians who testified at the inguest stated that in their opinion there were symptoms which might have been produced by strychnine poisoning, but not, as heretofore stated by us, that strychnine poison- ing was the cause of death. The Coroner’s Jury will re-assem- ble and bring in its verdict upon receipt of the Chemists report, and in all fairness and justice to the parties concerned the public should withhold its judgment until the entire matter is cleared by satisfac- tory proof. Skating at the Rink Tuesday Night. ‘There will be no skating at the rink this evening, The rink will be opened Tuesday evening from 7.00 until 10.00. North Country RAINAGE AND EVELOPMENT MEETING In Conjunction with the “Old Ss ttler’s Re- union” of the Beltrami County Fair EMIDJI Thursday, Sept. 26 The meeting will be attended by the mem- bers of the state drainage board consisting of Governor S. G. IVERSON, John A. Johnson JULIUS SCHMAHL, State Auditor. GEO. RALPH, Sec. of State. HON. G. G HARTLEY, Drainage Engineer. Also Address by GEO. WELCH, Immigration Commis’r. Commercial bodies of every village and city in the norta halt of the state are requested to send representatives to these meetings, both of which will be held on the same day, Duluth. One meeting will begin at 4 o'clock in the afternoon, as soon as the G. N. train arrives from the east, at the tent on the fair grounds. In the evening a big mass meeting will. be held in the court honse, when' everyone is requested to assist in suggestion as to acts that will benefit this north country. The ; train service to Bemidji is of the best and preprations will be made to care for a large crowd. Everybody Come, and talk Drainage and Development.