Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, October 3, 1907, Page 4

MAJOR SHUNK TAKES TRIP UP THE RIVER Continued from First Page the land extending under the bed of the stream. “DEMANDS FOR NAVIGATION BY CRAFT: “There is not above Bemidji, any city or village on either stream. The _settlers have never used either stream for purposes other than tloating logs. Only pleasure crafts propelled by small gasoline engines attempt to pass up the Mississippi as far as the junction of the Schcolcraft or as far as Lake Plantagnet, and only a few attempt this, . UIMBER OR FLOAT- S TRIBUTARY TO THESE WATERS: “rue amouNT oF "Comparatively very little timber suitable for saw logs remains uncut tributary to the upper portion of Up the Schoolcraft there are only small pieces of scat- terring timber, settlers timber, prin- cipally jack pine, very little white or Norway pine. None of the large lumber companies have any timber there. There is none tributary to the Mississippi itself except that belonging to the state in the Itasca State Park. Upon LaSalle, a branch of the Mississippi, there is some tim- ber owned by a lumber company, about eight million feet, which will be removed during the next two There is a quantity of small pieces owned by settlers, con- sisting principally of jack pine. The state will cut the dead and down, the matured timber on the state park each year which will amount to from one to two million and a half feet. This timber is not tribu- tary to any railroad and there is no market for it except delivered upon the banks of the river. There is no means of transporting this timber out of this territory except upon the respective rivers. If the owners of the small quantities of timber now standing and the owners of the small tracts of timber upon their different homesteads are practically denied the right to use the School- these rivers. seasons. craft and Mississippi : rivers; .as the case might be, to float their logs to market,they willbe denied the saleof their timber. The timber is worthless without the right to use the streams. Many settlers are now .each year banking hundred of cords of lath bolts four feet in lenght, to be floated down these streams. = The timber that they have for sale as saw logs, is now bringing $10.00 per thousand feet. Last year the settlers sold and banked about 80,000,000, giving them about $80,000. In addition to this they were given employment from which they re- ceived twenty to twenty five thou- sand dollars, and sold supplies to those engaged in logging to the extent of $5,000, making $105,000 paid out to the settlers along these streams in connection with lumber- ing operations. If the use of these streams for the purpose of driving logs is prohibited, the settlers will be denied this amount of money in in the near future. “PERIOD DURING WHICH LOGS MIGHT INTERFERE WITH NAVIGATION. “Records kept during the last seven years disclose the fact that no logs reach any portion of either the Mississippi or the Schoolcraft rivers that has been attempted to be navi- gated by even small pleasure crafts until June 15th to 20th, and all the logs have passed into Lake Irving out of the stream usually before July 15th. The year 1907 was an excep- tion. This year the logs did not arrive as soon and were not entirely out of the river as early as usual, but this was owing to the fact that the ice did not go out of the lake on the upper portion of the rivers until about May ISth, and to the fact that the water was unusually low. “In the past large quantities of logs amounting sometimes to about 60,000,000 were floated down these two rivers. From this time on, there probably be not to exceed 8,000,000 feet each year and the period when the running of logs will at all interfere with the passing along the stream of small pleasure crafts will be correspondingly less as logging continues ‘to-lessén™ and the number of feet of logs decreased. “NECESSITY OF SORTING GAP AT THE INLET OF LAKE IRVINE! “Owing to the fact that there are many settlers who desire to bank logs up these rivers and the fact that different settlers will sell to different lumber companies, and that all these logs are driven down these streams together, it becomes necessary at some point to sort them, and there is only one place where this can be done and that is at the inlet to Lake Irvine. Sorting works are there maintained for that purpose and have been so maintained for many years. When in use the sorting works are perhaps an obstruction to navigation by boat, but it is never in use except when logs are running down the stream and into the gap. As soon as the sorting is finished the booms are taken away to the place of anchorage and the boom sticks are removed, leaving no material obstruction. “FLOW OF WATER GRADUALLY DE- CREASED: “Owing to the removal of timber and the continuous increase of clear- ing and cultivation of the now wooded tracks in the future the water in these rivers will gradually grow less and less each vear.” W. N. Bowser was called. Mr. Bowser stated that he had been up the river on the “North Star” on two occasions. The first time the “North Star” was stuck on a sand- bar, and the entire party was com- pelled ‘to walk most of the way home; on the second trip the boat was also stuck a half dozen times, E. E. McDonald, asked Mr. Mc- Lachlan, if it was not a fact that the point that he really desired to reach was Lake Plantanganet via the Schoolcraft river? Mr. McLachlan replied that he wanted to reach Lake Plantanganet then (meaning last summer) but that now, he wanted to use the Mississippi river. In reply to a question, Major Shunk was informed that the dam on Lake Plantanganet is on the Friday and Saturday 1000 yards German torchon lace. 1-2 to 2 inches wide, new fall patterns 5¢ a yard ple 25 to ities Saturday 25 dozen ladies’ sam- handkerchiefs|ribbons, chfleach Friday and | Friday and Saturday 25 pieces 1907 terns, 100 50 cent qual- sizes 60 to 25¢ a yard Friday and Saturday 50 boxes of fine sta- tionery, 24 sheets and 2t envelopes, extra good quality 10¢ a box ffincy pat- O’Leary and Bowser Bemidji, Minn. We Cash Mill Checks Men’s Clothing Wooltex Coats For girls and misses we are showing a fine line of Wooltex Coats at from $10 to $20 each. We also carry a cheaper line from $2.50 up. Lumbermen’s C’g Fosston Shirts, Jackets and Underwear Pants and Vests. Malone Gold Seal and Wales Goodyear Rub-| bers. Inpre- senting the Palmer line of ladies’ coats to our customers we feel that we are of- fering the best gar- ments that can be put together for the money. We can sell you an Adler Suit at from $15 to $28. Let us show you. Overcoat from $10 to $30. We’ll add another satisfied customer to our list. We are showing long coats at from $9 to $35. Street coats, the very newest thing, from $26 to $35. Foot Wear Johnson & Murphy, King Quality and Sharood’s shoes in our men’s department. Pmgree ard Sely shoes in our ladies’ department. Men’s Hats In our Hat Department you'll find the latest styles Lanpher Hats of Hats Youman Hats We Try to Satisfy Ladies’ Coats Reliable Furs We are now showing a very complete line of Fuors. Ladies’ Jackets from $20 to $70. Neck pieces from $1 to $25. HouseFurnishings The greatest combination of styles and qualities ever shown in Bemidji can be seen in our stock of Rugs and Linoleums. { property of A, H, Jester. W. G. Marson asked Mr. McLach- lan, if it was possible, under the present conditions to navigate the upper Mississippi river, beyond the point where it is intersected by the Schoolcraft river. An evasive answer was given to this question, At this point Major Shunk adjourned the hearing. At the conclusion of the hearing Major Shunk and his secretary, Mr. John Wade, accompanied by a delegation of loggers, attorneys and representa- tives of the Daily Pioneer boarded the “North Star”. After they had been taken over the sand-bar and went for a trip up the much dis- cussed river—the"‘Father of Waters.” The top was removed from the boat and the trip under the bridges made safely and without jeopardizing the life and limb of anyone aboard. After the boat had passed the sort- ing-gap and gone about two hundred feet up the Mississippi, a sandbar was encountered and it took Com- modore McLachlan and all hands aboard, to loosen the craft from the bottom of the river. By a series of successful manauv- ers, the boat was steered clear of sandbars and went as far as the junction of the Missippi and the Schoolcraft rivers. Mr. McLachlan pleaded lack of time, to proceed further up the Mis- sissippi, turned his boat around and made the return trip. After the boat had passed under the bridges, between Lakes Irvine and Bemidji, it ran into the sand bar, where the Mississippi flows into Lake Bemidji, and was grounded good and hard, and Major Shunk and his secretary ‘were given a very impressive lesson, by the fact that the bottom of the so called navigable stream was pro- truding through the surface of the water for a considerable length of the entire channel, through which A. B. Allen and others testified they had gone over many times and never observed. After a lot of strenuous labor by all on board, the boat was backed up to the landing at the bridge and all got off. Major Shunk will make his report to the officials at Washington, to- gether with his recommendation as to what will be done. ~ Snow in “Sunny Alberta.” ip a letter from Mrs. Wallace Askey of Pincher Creek, Alberta, says the Thief River Falls News, there is news of a serious and severe snow storm in that region. The storm occurred Sept. 11 and con- tinued for fifteen hours with great severity. The snow was more than a foot and a half deep and the lady stated that in her judgment, the crop would be ruined thereby. In the meantime, the good citizens of old Todd are enjoying some of the best Indian summer weather to be found on earth and the farmers are selling a good average crop at top -notch prices.—Long Prairie Leader. DYNAMITE BOMB™ USED. Oregon Man Blown Up in Same Man- ner as Steunenberg. Baker City, Ore., Oct. .—An at- tempa was made to assassinate former Sherift Harvey B. Brown at his home in this city by blowing him up with a dynamite bomb. Mr. Brown is at the hospital in a critical condition. One of his legs was blown off, one of his arms badly mutilated and internal in- juries were caused by the concussion. The outrage was similar in manner of executlon to that which resulted in the death of former Governor Frank H. Steunenberg at Caldwell, Ida. Mr. Brown was returning home and as he opened his gate the bomb ex- ploded, wounding Mr. Brown and blowing in the windows of his house. The explosion was heard in the cen- ter of town, half a mile away. The chief of police and county au- thorities are wholly unable to fathom any cause for the deed and they are also unable to obtain any clue to the perpetrators of it. Mr. Brown had just returned from a trip out of town to some mining prop- erty. He was found lying on the side- walk several feet from the gate, the large posts of which were blown to pleces and the fence shattered for some distance. The perpetrators left no trace of their deed except a wire Which extended about twenty-five feet north along the fence and then went about thirty feet to the middle of the road. DRASTIC ACTION ASKED. British: Columbians Determined to Keep Out Orientals. Ottawa, Ont., Oct. .—It is reported from Vancouver that a petition pray- ing the Dominion' pass drastic legis- latlon barring all Orientals from Can- ada 18 being circulated. It is expected the petition will have more than 60, 000 signatures and will be forwarded to Premier Laurier. The sentiment is in favor of appealing to the king if the decision of the government is not to act immediately. A dispatch from Vancouver adds: “If this has no result measures to prevent the disembarking of Orien- tals at Vancouver which -shall be ef- fective will be taken.” CAUEHT N HEAVY RAIN President Thoroughly Drenched in Parade at St. Louis. TALKS IN HIS WET CLOTHES Chief Executive Insists on Carrying Out His Part of the Programme and Speaks at Considerable Length to an Immense Audience, y S8t. Louls, Oct. 3.—Welcomed by screaming whistles, clanging bells, thundering detonatlons of bursting bombs and the huzzas from thousands of throats President Roosevelt landed at St. Louls at 9:47 a. m., making the first stop on his voyage down the Mis- slssippi river from Keokuk, Ia., to Memphis, Tenn., where he will attend the Lakes to the Gulf Deep Water- ways assoclation convention. The cruise is the president’s active re. sponse to a general invitation from the governors of the states along the Mississippi river, given in the belief that he will be so impressed with the enormous waste of freight carrying energy that he will exert powerful in- fluence in favor of committing the government to act with definite and larger spirit toward deepening the great inland channels for navigation by ocean going craft. The entrance of the steamer Missis- slppi, bearing the president, into the harbor of St. Louis, was announced by the firlng of bombs and blowing of whistles. Tens of thousands of per- sons lined both shores of the river and across Eads bridge, the main viewpoint, stretched a chain of hu- manity, solidly packed from the Illi- nois to the Missouri side. The morning had dawned bright and clear, but by 9 o’clock clouds be- gan to gather. Efiorts were made to rush the programme along because of the threatening weather. The line of procession was quickly formed for the drive to the Jai Alai building, in the western portion of the city, five miles from (he river, where the president was to deliver his speech. A cordon of mounted police led the way, then a company of United States cavalry and the president’'s carriage, contain- ing also Mayor Wells and three secret service men, Following came twenty- two carriages bearing the visiting governors and other dignitaries, with | a military band and {wo companies of | Infantry from Jefferson barracks bringing up the rear. Caught in Heavy Shower, By the time the procession had pro- ceeded eight blocks the skies opened and the president and his welcoming host were instantly drenched. The horses were whipped up and regard- less of processional formation the president was hurried to the Jai Alai building. Notwithstanding that President Roosevelt was caught in the rain as he stood in the open carriage bowing to the multitude he proceeded straight to the Jai Alai building and went through the programme in his wet clothes. % Mayor Wells, whose raiment was also considerably dampened, intro. duced Governor Folk of Missouri, who, in turn, made a brief speech present- ing President Roosevelt. At the first mention of President Roosevelt’s name 10,000 persons spontaneously sprang to their feet and began waving flags as they volced their greeting by the full use of their lungs. The ovation continued for three minutes. With a broad smile the president waited until quiet had been restcred and then be- gan the delivery of his address, which was devoted mainly to the subject of water navigation and improvement of our waterways, although he touched briefly upon the subject of govern- ment control of corporations. The president concluded speaking at 12:23 p. m. The weather had cleared and the sun was shining brightly as he again entered his car- riage and drove off to the Jefferson hotel amid cheering of the multitude. He was officially entertained at lunch- eon at the Jefferson hotel. The lunch- eon was tendered by the Business Men’s league of St. Louis to Pres- ident Roosevelt, the visiting govern- ors, congressmen, members of the in- land waterways comniission and other distinguished guests. Four hundred covers were laid. The luncheon was informal in nature and there were no set speeches, MOFFETT TELLS HIS STORY ‘Testimony Followed by Subpoena for Rallroad Man. Chicago, Oct. - —James A. Moffett, president of the Standard Oil com- pany of Indiana, went before the fed- eral grand jury to explain his pub- lished statement that other concerns besides the Standard Oil company had been guilty of rebating with the railroads at Whiting, Ind. It was be- lieved that his testimony before the jury would consume several hours. ‘When the grand jury adjourned at noon for a recess until 2 o'clock Mr. Moftett was still being questioned by District Attorney Sims and Assistant District Attorney Wilkerson. Imme- diately after the adjournment District Attorney Sims issued a subpoena for F. S. Hollands, chief rate clerk for the Chicago and Alton railroad. It was rumored that Hollands would be asked to furnish information following up that supposed to have been given by Mr. Moffett concerning alleged con- cessions to other shippers than the Standard Oil company. It is said that Mr. Moffett main- tained that the acts of his company, as well as other shippers, were'not violations of the law. He is said to have claimed that the other shippers made shipments over the same roads as the Standard Oil company and un- der the same conditions. After fur- nishing the jurors with the names of these shippers Mr. Moffett is reported to have specified what roads had been handling the shipped products, MAY BE DISCHARGED. Wisconsin Men Accused of Colorado Land Frauds, Milwaukee, Oct. !.—Government at- tornéys sngaged Th Prosecuting the so- called land fraud cases under indict- ments returned in Denver, Colo., in connectlon with the operations of the Federal Coal and Iron company, have announced that they were convinced of their inabflity to hold I. J. Rosen- berg, charged with conspiracy to de- fraud the government, and he will probably be discharged by Commis- sloner Bloodgood. It is expected that similar action will be taken with Charles 8. Carter, C. E. Canright, Wal- ter S. Johnson and Henry J. Wehr, stockholders fn the Wisconsin Coal Mining company. Assistant Attorney General Knaebel asked for Rosen- | berg’s discharge, but the commissioner ruled that he could not discharge him at this time or until after he had heard all of the cases. LUMBER TRUST INQUIRY. Federal Grand Jury in Session at Minneapolis. Minneapolis, Oct. = —The federal grand jury, which is to investigate the alleged fraudulent use of the mails by the so-called lumber trust, convened in this city during the day. More than 235 witnesses were sub- poenaed. The investigation is in charge of C. C. Haupt, United States district attorney, Judge Willlam H. Munger of the federal district court of Nevada presiding. The so-called lumber trust is charged with the circulation of a little black book urging farmers and others to ask the mail order houses for a catalogue. This is said to have been done for the purpose of causing a | large expense to the mail order people in furnishing catalogues to those who do not intend to buy. TENTH OF THE SERIES. Another Dynamite Outrage in Chicago Gambters’ Fight. Chicago, Oct. —A dynamite bomb was exploded shortly before midnight on the roof of “Johnnie” Rogers’ sa- loon and poolroom building, 343 West Madison street. Seven hours earlier he had been a witness before the grand jury. He is known to be an cnemy of Mont Tennes’ handbook and poolroom syndicate. It was the tenth of the series of recent bomb outrages in the warring gamblers’ fight for extermination. But it the first directed against an “i pendent” in the outlawed gambling traffic. Rogers himself declared that his building was dynamited because he had testified for the state. No one was injured. Wife Held for Husband’s Murder. foux Falls, S. D., Oct. 3.—The cor- oner’s jury summoned to investigate | the mysterious murder Sunday night of John M. O'Grady, an aged pioneer, returned a verdict holding Mrs. 'O'Gx'ady responsible for the death, Serious Floods in ltaly. Turin, Italy, Oct. 2.—Torrential rains have flooded the valley of the Canaro. Crops have been ruined, stock drowned, bridges swept away and railroad communication inter- rupted. The population is in great distress. BRIEF BITS OF NEWS. George Akers and wife of Oakvale, W. Va, are dead as the result of tak- ing strychnine through mistake. The Iilinois supreme court has handed down an opinion declaring the new primary election law unconstitu i tional. Schoolteachers at Syracuse, O., are on strike, the board of education be- ing unable to pay them more than $25 a month. The law requires that they be paid $40. Mrs. Susan E. Wallace, widow of General Lew Wallace, is dead at Craw- fordsville, Ind. She had great literary ability and assisted her husband in his writings. New York newspapers report the death and obscure burial of William Francis Carey, who was a wealthy ‘Wall street operator until the recent slump in stocks. By direction of the president Will- iam F. Duvall has been appointed to be major general in the army vice Major General William McCaskey, the present commander of the department of the Dalkotas. The National Steel and Wire cor- poration of New Haven, Conn., has been purchased by the United States Steel corporation. The purchase is said to have been made at receiver's sale and is believed to involve a sum approximating $600,000. MARKET QUOTATIONS. Minneapolis Wheat. Minneapolis, Oct. 2.—Wheat—Dec., A few doses of this remedy will in- varinbly cure an ordinary attack of diarrhices., It can always be depended upon, even in the wore povere aitacks of ermnp colic and cholera morbus. It i equal'y successful for summer diarchees nud cholera infantum in children, and {s the means of saving the lives of many children each year. When reduced tith water and swectened it is pluasant to take. Every man of a fainily should keep this remedy in his home. Buy it now. PRICE, 25C. LARGE SizE, 500. Barker’'s Drug Store WANTS ONE CENT A WORD. HELP WANTED. 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, Bemidji, Minn. WANTED: Girl for diningroom and chamber work. Apply to the Turf restaurant, Cass Lake. WANTED: Two bell boys. Markham. Hotel FOR SALE. FOR SALE: One 25 horse power, compound, traction New Giant Engine, used only two seasons, in | fine working order, good as new, at a snap figure. Engine can be seen working. For further inform- ation call at Pioneer office. FOR SALE—Rubber stamps. The Pioneer will procure any kind of a rubber stamp for you an short notice. WANTED —Porter, two bell hops, two dinning room girls and two laundry girls at Brinkham Hotel. FOR SALE—Magnificent moose head mounted; will be sold cheap. Inquire at this office. WANTED—Good girl for general house work. Inquire upstairs over Model Bakery. FOR RENT. FOR RENT, One half of business block, including shelving and the use of large warehouse. Inquire of J. A, Hoff, 317 Minnesota Ave. FOR RENT: One furnished front room for one or two gentlemen. 703 Minnesota Ave. FOR RENT: Rooms with or with- out board. Mrs. E. H. Cornwall! 1121 Bemidji Ave. LOST and FOUND B e OISR S LOST—Boy’s shoe between Schroe- | der’s store and 6th St. Please return to Schroeder’s store. _——— MISCELLANEOUS. s recon s eSS |{PUBLIC LIBRARY—Open Tues- days, Thursdays and Saturdays, 2:30to6 p. m., and Saturday evening 7:30 to 9 p. m. also. Library in basement of Court House. Mrs. E. R. Ryan, librar- ian. WANTED—To buy 100 cords of good seasoned wood. Write us quoting prices. Craig & DeMars, Bathgate, N. Dak. $1.05%; May, $1.09%@1.09%. On track—No. 1 hard, old, $1.10; new, $1.09%; No. 1 Northern, old, $1.09; new, $1.08%; No. 2 Northern, old, $1.06@1.06%; No. 8 Northern, $1.02 @1.04. St. Paul Union Stock Yards. St. Paul, Oct. 2.—Cattle—Good to cholce steers, $5.60@6.25; fair to good, $4.00@5.00; good to cholce cows and heifers, $3.50@5.00; veals, $4.00@6.00. Hogs—$6.50@6.40. Sheep—Waethers, $4.75@5.00; yearlings, $5.50@5.90; spring lambs, $6.25@7.00. Duluth Wheat and Flax. Duluth, Oct. 2—Wheat—To arrive and on track—No. 1 hard, $1.09%: No. 1 Northern, $1.08%; No. 2 North- ern, $1.0634; Dec., $1.063; May, $1.- 11%. Flax—To arrive, $1.27%; on track, $1.28%; Oct., $1. 24%; Dec., $1.19%; May, Chicago Grain and Provisions, Chicago, Oct. 2.—Wheat — Dec,, 99%c; May, $1.06%. Corn—Dec., 57% @567%c; May, 68%c. Oats—Dec., 61%ec; May, 53%@353%c. Pork—Oct., $13.76; Jan,, $15.02%. Butter—Cream- eries, 24@29%c; dairies, 22@27c. Eges—15% @18%c. Poultry—Turkeys, 13c; chickens and springs, 12c. Chicago Union Stock Yards. Chicago, Oct. 2.—Cattle—Beeves, $4.10@7.25; cows, $1.26@5.40; Texans, $3.70@4.80; Westerns, $4.00@6.25; stockers and feeders, $2.60@5.00. Hogs —Light, $6.05@6.70; mixed, $5.80@ 6.70; heavy, $5.66@6.60; rough, $6.66 @5.90; pigs, $5.00@6.30. Sheep, $8.00 @5.40; yearlings, $5.35@86.30; lambs, $4.76@17.50. WANTED: To rent nine room house. Strictly modern. Inquire 321 America Ave. W_ant Ads FOR RENTING A PROPERTY, SELL- ING A BUSINESS OR OBTAINING HELP ARE BEST. Pioneer et