Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, October 14, 1907, Page 1

l*\zig VOLUME 5. NUMBER 149. BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, MONDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 14, 1907, SHOWN CUT-OVER LANDS; SURPRISED AT SHOWING Two State Officials and a Prominent Southern-County Member of the State Senate Given Drive Through Some North-Country Farms. Julius Schmahl, secretary of state, { Four-legged lake in Welsh, of | direction, what is immigration of the State Immigra- Camp 2, belonging to the Donald an easterly George commissioner to known as tion Board, and State Senator Cooke Land & lLumber company of this of Wabasha county spsnt Saturday city. A stop was made at the night in Bemidji, at the conclusion | summit of the aill, overlooking of a drive by team through portions Buzzle lake, where there was a fine of Clearwater and Beltrami counties, | view of the country for many miles The extreme beauty of the inspect some of woods, streams and the lake, resulied the cut-over lands of northern Min»; in one general expression “beautiful,” nesota, over which there has been! “beautiful.” considerable discussion as to their! where they were given an opportun-| around. ity to thoroughly continued from Camp 2, through a very fine rolling, woody country, and the party was The drive was productiveness along agricultural lines. I'he gentlemen had attended the ! Clearwater county fair at L‘;\gley,‘ They were taken by from Bagley, late Friday was partaken of at R. C. Spooner’s farm home on the shores of Deer lake, in the town of Liberty, where Mr. Spooner is building a modern residence, with all conveniences, in the town of:and where he expects to cultivate, Clearwater county. janother year, 400 acres, to show Friday. rigs afternoon, | and driven in a northeasterly direc- tion through the towns of Copley‘ e to the southeast shore of | and Bu :d lake, srs. Schmahl, Welsh and prospectives buyers just what can Cooke were accompanied by Repre- | be done with our soil. sentative J. J. Opsahl, John C.| An elegant dinner was prepared, Parker and A. G. Rutledge, all of under the direction of Mr. Spooner, Bemidji. | after which the party inspected the The night was spent at the home | new residence and portion of the of George H. French, who owns a |farm. splendid farm of 175 acres, on the Mr. Spooner will have his office at shore of Fourlegged lake. the farm, and will leave the com- Saturday morning, the crowd of | pany’s office in Bemidji. visitors arose bright and early, and| At about 3 o’clock, the drive was Senator Cooke was given an oppor-.‘continued southward to Wilton and tunity to stand on a duckpass for an |thence to this city, arriving here hour before day-light, where he ! shortly after 6 o’clock in the evening. exhibited considerable patience, Owing to the fact it was impossi- waiting for ducks that never came. | ble for the business men of this clty The visitors from St. Paul were to be present, it was decided to greatly surprised to note the great|abandon the proposition of hold- advancement which Mr. French has"ing a public meeting. made on his farm. They found a| Instead, a number of the business large barn filled with splendid milch 1 men and others entertained Messrs. cows. There were also hogs,chick- | Schmahl, Welsh and Cooke, until ens and all kinds of “live things™ | the east-bound passenger, at mid- found on a first-class farm. ‘qizht, took them to Wewona, where Mr. French has sixty-five acres of | they remained Sunday. land under cultivation, and there is| It would be impossible to repro- also a large pasture. When he told | duce the expressions of surprise and that he in-|satisfaction which were made by the waterworks and ' party which took the trip from Bag- lights in his farm home, the | ley through the country to Bemidji. “city chaps” were almost thunder- | They were unanimous and emphatic struck, and they marveled at the | in stating that the soil of the country stories which they had heard of the through which they had passed was unfitness of this ncrthern countryfinot excelled anywhere in the state for the raising of agricultural pro- and that they would do all in their ducts. the secretary of state intended to instal electric | power to assist in developing this The party were taken in rigs from north country. Foley is a Good **Scout.” | Inaddition to being a prince of James W. Foley of Stillwater, who | good fellows, Mr. Foley is grand cf the Clear-{‘tyler of the grand lodge, B. P. O. E., water county Logging company, was|and is considered one of the very is a representative a visivr in the city today. |strongest Elks in northarn Minne- Mr. Foley was here for the pur-;sula; and he has promised Charles pose of obtaining several abstracts| Decker that he will be with us next of title for his firm. | summer. CARTER @ TAIT Bemidji, Minn. Some Snaps in Farm Lands 160 acres, Buzzle Township. cellar, etc. 5 acres under cultivation, balance natural timber—Birch, Spruce, Pine, ete. Price $5.00 per acre. Terms—$300 ush balance five years, 6 per cent interest 169 acres Grant Valley Township, 4 miles S. W. of Bemidji. House, barn, etc. 30 acres wnder cultivation, 25 acres ready to break, balance timber. A bargain. Price $7.50 per acre. Easy terms. House, barn, large root 1€0 acre: 3 miles west ot Wilton. House, barn, etc. 35 acres under cultivation, 25 acres natural mea.dow, bal- ance timber Price $7.00 per acre. Easy terms. 160 acres 1 mile from Beceda in Hubbard couniy. House, barn, etc 10 acres plowed, 60 acres cut over. balance heavy timber. A Snap. $5.00 per acre. Easy terms. 1f it is a bargain in farm lands you want, see us before buying. We have what you want at about half the price the other land men ask. CARTER @ TAIT given a chance to examine the soil. | As a wind up to the trip, d'mner: of the Minneapolis, Red Lake | | | | 1§ England. | i Yesterday, the body of an un- | known man was found floating in the | Mississippi river, between Lakes Irving and Bemidji, at a point a few feet below the Red Lake Railway company’s bridge. The body was floating with the head sticking partially out of the water and feet downward, there being visible but a small portion of the top of the head. | The gruesome discovery was made by A. E. Harris and Floyd| Brown, who were going up the river| in a gasoline launch. The launch struck the body, and the occupants were very much surprised to find that the obstruction was a human form. Mr. Harris went to shore and | immediately telephoned a policeman, and had thel who went to the river E BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER. MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY. BODY OF ARTHUR CHAMBERS FOUND IN RIVER YESTERDAY Gruesome Discovery Made Yesterday Afternoon, Near Red Lake Railroad Company’s Bridge.---Nothing to Indicate | Death Was the Result of Foul Play. | LATER—Late this afternoon, Deputy Coroner Lahr ascertained that the name of the dead man was Arthur Chambers; that he had for some time past been in the employ & Manitoba railroad, at Nebish. It was also learned that Chambers was last seen on September 28th, when he called at the Bemidji office of the railroad company, and requested some money. time check or other warrant to indicate that he was entitled to any money, his request was refused. Chambers stated that the foreman of the crew with which h worked at §! Nebish was in the city and that he would get a time check for him, and he left the office. ¢ Chambers never returned. Chambers is an Englishman; he has a brother living in Canada and a sister in body dragged to the shore, where Deputy Coroner Lahr was sum- moned. Mr. Lahr took the body to the morgue, where he made an examina- tion, for the purpose of ascertaining | if there were any indications of foul play in the death of the man. The dead man was very neatly dressed. He had on a red flannel shirt, of fine quality, with a white collar and a cravat. His coat and pants were of dark-colored cloth, and he wore a light vest. His feet were encased in a pair of low patent leather shoes. His head was ent}rely uncovered. The body is that of a man of about 40 years of age, weighing 200 pounds;-dark hair and a brown mustache. The left eye is somewhat swollen, Lut there worc uo othor —markos —on State Senator L. O. Cooke of Lellogg, Wabasha county; George | | H. Ralph, engineer to the state ' drainage commission; George Welsh, state commissioner of immigration, |and Julius A. Schmahl, secretary of | state, have shown their faith in the | future of northern Minnesota by the purchase of 5,000 acres of so-called swamp lands located in the south- eastern extremity of Itasca county {and northern Aitkin county, through As he had no | traverses, and on which the station | of Wawina is located. | The land joins the celebrated \ Island farm of G. G. Hartley, on the | western boundary of that celebrated the body to indicate that the dead |tract of swamp lands. man had been injured in any man-f The negotiations tor the immense ner. On his left arm there is tatooed | tract was the direct result of the the bust of a woman, underneath | visit of most of these gentlemen to which is the name “Agnes.” | that territory two weeks ago, and In the coat which the dead man|Wwas closed on Thursday of last week, wore was a coupon book issued by when the first portion of the con- the M., R. L. & M. Co.’s store at | sideration was paid over to Nebish. There were no other letters | Feldhouse of St. Paul, representing or cards or anything to indicate the |the syndicate which owns over 100,- identity of the drowned man. The coupon book has been sent to‘ The consideration named in the Nebish, in an endeavor to ascertain | deed is $6 per acre. the name of the owner and to a.ssm! The four gentlemen who made the in the identification of the man |purchase paid a second visit to the whose name is at present unknown. | tract yesterday, and stated that they they have seen the dead man before, | | purchase. They left Bemidji on the | but no one is able to absolutely night train Saturday and put in the| identify him or are they sure of h]s { which the Great Northern railway Mr. | 1000 acres of land in that section. | Several people in this city claim i were more than pleased with their| FORTY CENTS PER MONTH PURCHASE SWAMP LANDS; | SHOW DRAINAGE BENEFIT Secretary of State Schmahl, Welsh, Drainage Engineer Ralph and Senator Cooke Purchase Large Tract Near Island. Immigration Commissioner | entire day Sunday at Wawina and in that vicinity. While Messrs. Schmahl, Cook, Ralph and Welsh were at Wawina ‘yesterday they made preliminary |arrangements for the systematic | drainage of the tract, ditches to be | constructed either side, with laterals "at an interval of every quarter of a mlle, thus establishing one of the | most perfect systems of drainage in the state. The main ditches will run north to the Floodwood river and south to the Rice, with a fall iranging from eighteen to twenty- eight feet. The tract includes nearly 1,000 acres of small timber. The gentle- men do not intend to cut the timber, | however, but, on the contrary, pro- pose, after draining the land, to harvest the hay crop, and then sow | the land to clover, with the view of | making one of the richest stock- | raising tracts in the state. Northern Minnesota is to be con- | gratulated on the investment of these | gentlemen, as their efforts will prove another demonstration of what can be done with the richest soil in the state of Minnesota, now being !evaded by settlers, owing to the fact | that there is no systematic scheme of drainage. The gentlemen will sefl!@e tracs |in parcels as soon as their demon- stration has been completed. name. The body will be held until identification ic made. Father 0'Dwyer at Park Rapids. Father O’Dwyer left this morning Pardon Board in Session. St. Paul, Oct. 14.—(Special to Pioneer.)—The state board of par- dons met at the capitol today. There was the usual long calendar to be considered of prisoners who desire clemency to be extended, the princi- pal reason being that each and] all want to get out of prison. Northern Minnesota cases to be considered on the calendar are as follows: Fred Horey, sentenced from Koochiching county, March, 1907, one year for larceny in the second degree. Drago Rodoman, sentenced from Itasca county July 29, 1907, to jail for 90 days for committing a public nuisance. USING PIONEER COLUMNS T0 BRING BIG BUSINESS. Bemidji Business Men Recognize the Value of This Paper as Adver- tising Medium. In addition to the advertisements of which mention has heretofore been made in these columns, the Pioneer today presents several new advertisements, all of which should be read by Pioneer subscribers— which includes every family in this city and the surrounding country. The Bazaar store will on Tuesday and Wednesday have on display an elegant line of the celebrated McKibbon Furs,made up in jackets, capes, scarfs, muffs and in all small furs, and all will be given a splendid opportunity to obtain some fine gar- ments. Carter & Tait, the landmen, offer some splendid bargains in farm lands, these days. In another column will be found their adver- tisement calling attention to their offerings of fine farming lands, at prices that should change owner- ship immediately. George T. Baker & Co., the jewel- ers, today offer some rare induce- ments in silverware. Read their advertisement, and then visit the store and see for yourself just what they are ' doing in the jewelry line, They’ll use you all right. {ago (the contract for building which THE SEWER IS FINISHED; JOB IS VERY GOOD ONE The Jerrard Plumbing Company Com- pletes the Laying of Over 3,000 Feet of Pipe. The extension to the sewer system of the city which was authorized by the city council some three months was awarded to the Jerrard Plumb- ing company of this city) has been completed, and the entire job will undoubtedly be accepted by the city within the next two or three days. The original contract called for the construction and laying of 3,920 feet of sewer pipe, but there have been some additions made to the original contract, making the whole job considerably more than that number of feet. The mains consist of 8, 9 and 10-inch pipe. The 9-inch pipe commences at the city hall, corner of Minnesota and Fourth, and continues to Eighth street. The 10-inch pipe is laid from Fourth and Beltrami to Eighth and Bemidji, with 9-inch pipe from Eighth to Ninth. The 8-inch pipe is laid from Eighth and Bemidji down Eighth to the St. Anthony’s hospital. There is 6-inch pipe laid from the mains to the school house and also connecting the mains with William McCuaig’s house. The sewer has been Jaid wnder the supervision of City Engineer M. D. Stoner, who states that the entire job has been wvery well done—in fact, the sewer is much better than the average sewer laid under contract. Reception to:Rev. McKee. {Centributed.] A reception will ‘be ‘held in the Eiaptist Church on Tuesday evening C)ct. 15th, in honor of the new pastor, Hev. Robison H. McKee, and his family. Rev. McKee comes from the church at Parkers Prairie, and is very highly recommended as a sincere christian worker and a very able speaker and the family is truly one that we should be proud to have among us as neighbors and friends. to spend the evening with the Baptists in their church and become | called t6 preside 4€ af acquainted with their pastor and funeral, and consequently he will| give him a warm hand of welcome | have no services at St. Anthony’s | to our community. | chapel this evening. | officially ‘fur Park Rapids, where he was/ Tomorrow, Father O’Dwyer will hold services at Wilton, but will return to Bemidji in ample time to | hold evening devotions at St. An- | thony’s chapel. Local news on last page full line of the celebrat Furs and in all Small Furs. opportunity to cbtain the newest styles TUESDAY ANB WE The Bazaar Local news on last page DEEECTIVE DAAE The public is;very cordially invited =] SPECIAL SALE [ M Kibbin made up in JACKETS, CAPES, SCARFS, MUFFS None None Better Known Made _THE BAZAAR' We are pleased to announce that ¢n Tuesday a‘nd Wednesday, Oct. 15 and 16 we will have on display a ed < You are cordially invited to inspect this superb line of finely made garments, and will find this your best at moderate prices. DNESDAY, Store e 1 OO S =