Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, October 17, 1907, Page 1

v VOLUME 5. NUMBER 152. BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 17, 1907. E BEMIDJI DAILY PIONEE FORTY CENTS PER MONTH WILL SHOW THE STATE’S RESOURCES TO THE WORLD Minnesota Delegation to National Farmers’ Congress Is Armed With Samples of Products and Descriptive Literature.---North Country Will Be Extolled. St. Paul, Oct. 17.—(Special to|ther from the truth and we want to Pioneer.)—When the annual Con‘}demons(r;\te in every way possible that the northern counties cannot be surpassed. Others have an idea that a great portion of the northern counties is nothing but a sw wmp. It is true that there are large areas of swamp lands there, but in many cases what are known as swamps |are not flooded with water, but the vegetation simply holds it in the { ground and the building of a small | drainage ditch will drain the land. which | In some cases the building of a left last night on the Minnesota & small ditch, with small side ditches, St. Louis road, consists of Julius has been sufficientto draina con- siderable area, and this land is then found to be exceedingly productive. “One of the best proofs of the value of this land when drained is Mr. Welch, who keeps in close touch ‘ that on one farm, which has been with the conditions in all parts of converted out of a real bad and the state, has prepared for ‘he:undeshtable looking swamp, the crops now raised include not alone small . . grains and vegetables, but celery of samples of the grain and vege-i,of an unusually fine quality. tables produced in the northem; “There is no good reason why part of the state. The fertility of people should leave this state to find the southern counties and their‘cheap land. They can get land in prosperity as a great farming com-|the northern part of this state upon vention of the farmers’ national congress Oklahoma City will be represented by three delegates who opens at today, Minnesota 2o prepared to demonstrate that no state in the union can surpass Min- nesota in natural resources and conditions favorable for the develop- ment of those resources. Minnesota’s delegation, Schmahl, secretary of state; George Welsh, commissioner of immigration, and Senator L. O. Cooke of Kellogg. gathering by sending down a lot| munity are well known throughout the land and the purpose of these exhibits is to show that the northern { which there is a considerable amonnt | of standing timber for $10 an acre. In the winter a man who owned part of the state is just as Pro: such a tract could easily make $5 ductive, 'aday by cutting timber, and he In addition to these PhySiCfl]§\\'ould at the same time be clearing proofs of the agricultural possibilLi his land and providing for the crops ties of the northern part of the|of the year to come. state, Commissioner Welsh has pre-| *“We want to show the people the pared a pamphlet setting forth the lactual conditions in this state, and advantages which this state affords|when these are known, there is no in the commercial and manufactur- | doubt there will be a greater num- ing lines, as well as in agricultural | ber of settlers coming to the state pursuits. It is illustrated with a|and fewer old settlers leaving.” variety of scenes which emphasize | the great diversity of resources the| state possesses, from the fields of grain to the great open pit mines. When Messrs. Schmahl, Welsh and Cooke were in Bemidji on Oct. Sth, they secured samples of pro- A large supply of these books will | ducts that were grown in Beltrami be taken along for distribution|and Clearwater counties, and also among the delegates from the other|took with them samples of the soil, sta‘Ee& which they will show the farmers at Too many people, even among |the national congress, the residents of our own state, have of the falsity of the impression’ gen- an idea that Northern Minnesota is| a sandy waste from which the tim- erally a.ccepted tf)at this north ber has been removed and which |SOUNtry isunproductive. The results | - now has little value,” said Mr. Welsh | Will be of great benefit to this country. yesterday. ‘“‘Nothing could be fur- Not the Ghost of a Chance do you take when you buy a genuiue ROUND OQAK heat- ing stove. It’s all right—people like it. We have confi- dence in it. We never had a dissatisfied customer yet. The ROUND OAK is moderate in price and 1is worth every cent of its cost, It is du-able because it is the bast made stove known. It is air-tight and will hold the fire just as as indicative R | QAR RADIATE ? 3 T HAS SAVED [ Y LPE FRITZ] you want it, giving much or httle heat, therefore you burn only the fuel necessary. 1f you are going to buy a heating stove, don’t experiment. Let us prove to you conclusively that an investment in a genuine ROUND 0AK will prove the best and most satisfactory one you ever made in a stove. The name ROUND OAK can be seen on the door and leg, only the genuine has it. W. M. ROSS Hardware, Furniture and Undertaking COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ADJOURNED LAST NIGHT Held a Two-Days’ Session and Trans- acted Considerable Business of General Importance. The board of county commission- ers adjourned last night, after a ses- sion lasting two days. Considerable routine business was transacted, including the allowing of a large amount of bills. The sum of $300 was set aside from the road and bridge fund, to be used in erecting a bridge across the east Turtle river in the town of Birch. Two hundred dollars was appro- priated, to be expended on improv- ing the road on the line between sections four and five, in Town of Port Hope. A re-organization of school dis- tricts No. 56 and 39 was agreed upon. Sections 9-10-11;12-13-14, in Town 149-33, were ordered taken from school district No. 39 and added to school district No. 56. Two new school districts were otganized, No. 116, in town 162-33, and No. 117, in town 162-33. These districts are near Zipple P. O., in the extreme north end of Beltrami county, Lake of the Woods. Matt H. Hendrickson was awarded a contract to construct a road, be- ginning at the northeast corner of section 3 and extending to the south- east quarter, Town of Spooner, thence running due two and one- half miles to the southeast corner of section 15, thence west to the south- west corner of section 15. Hend- rickson is to be paid forty cents per cubic yard. Several applications for abatement of taxes were given favorable con- sideration and recommended to the state tax commission. John Olson was allowed the sum of $250 to apply on his contract for the construction of the state road south from Bemidji, the whole amount of the contract being $1,920. The plat of the new townsite of Clententson, in the town of Gudrid, was approved. The new townsite is located on the Rapid river, in the northeast corner of the county. Ole Moen is to be awarded a contract to construct a road, begin- ning at the west quarter stake in section 29 and running east two miles to the east quarter stake in section 29 in the town of Frohn. The sum of $200 was set aside to be expended on the road beginning at the northeast corner of section 15 and running west two miles to the northwest corner of section 15, in the town of Northern, and Arthur Glidden was designated superin- tendent of the work. Teachers’ Association Meeting. . The North Central Minnesota Teachers’ association will meet at Cass Lake, October 31st, November 1st and 2nd. This meeting will be of great benefit to all the teachers in country, graded and high schools throughout this section of the country, and each teacher should try to be present at this meeting. An interesting and instructive program has been prepared for the meeting. Prominent educators from all sections of the state will be present to lecture and discuss sub- jects of interest. The following is the outline of the program: Thursday evening—Lecture,“‘Some Teachers of Old,” Prof, F. H. Swift, of the University of Minnesota. Friday morning—A general ses- sion. Subject for discussion, The Efficiency of Our Public Schools. Industrial Traiving, Sup. C. S. Yeager; discussions,Supt. J. H. Hay. Character Training, Supt. Hawkins; discussion, Supt. Ross. Physical Training, Supt. C. M. King. Friday p. m.—A general discus- sion from 1:30 to 3:00, at which State Librarian King will read a paper on “The School Library.” Following this there will be seetions. as follows: High school section, Prof. Partridge, pres. Topic, The High School Examinations,discussed by Prof. Aiton. = Rural -school sec- tion, Supt; D. Ri Bradford, Pres. Topic to be supplied; discussion, Supt. Stewart, Supt. Hattie Booth. Graded schools section, Prof. H. H. Hall, Pres. Topic, The Group Method discussed and exemplified by Miss Kate Kranz, director of Normal department, Crookston. Friday evening—Lecture, “The Making of Literature,” Pres. Weld, of Moorhead Normal. Saturday morning.—Election of officers and routine business. Round tables—Primary, Miss Eliza E. Reddict, leader, Miss Stella Woods, of Minneapolis kindergarten, will Mrs. Floy Donaldson, leader, Miss Kate Kranz of Crookston will lec- ture. Latin Round Table, Mrs. Woolly, leader; discussion by Miss Follanbee. English Round Table, to be supplied. Teachers intending to attend this meeting aud desire accommodations should write to P. M. Larson, Cass Lake, Minn. New Pioneer Advertisements. Three new advertisements are printed in this issue of the Pioneer, by business men who believe in tell- ing the people concerning their stocks of goods. Gill Bros., in a neat ad. on the first page, call attention to the “Cost of Your Clothes,” and relate a story as to their brands of clothing. They have a neat stock, at right prices. Roe & Markusen, on the third page, tell of the quality of their i groceries, calling special attention to their creamery butter, teas and coffees and fruit for canning. W. M. Ross, thé hardware man, tells of the virtues of the ‘“Round Oak” heating stove, in an ad. on the first page; and the “Round Oak” is a good stove. Local news on last; page i 13 NEW FAIR ASSUGIATION FOR: KOOCHIGHING GOUNTY Organization Perfected at Northome.— Pioneer Resident Dead.—Logging Operations Brisk at Northome. Northome, Minn,, Oct. 1%—At the close of a recent meeting of the Northern Farmers Association held at this place, the organization of the Koochiching County Agricultural Society was perfected for the pur- pose of promoting agriculture in this county The following officers were elected to manage the affairs of the society for the ensuing year: President, W. S. Potterr Vice President, W. N. Durrin; Secretary, T. L. Duncan; Treasurer, J. E. Cowan. It was decided that the new organ- ization should give county fairs annually, but no definite place for holding them was agreed upon, and in all probability the first one will be held in Northome in conjunction with the annual fair of the Northern Farmers Association, next fall. — The woods adjacent to Northome will be the scene of considerable activity the coming winter as regards logging operations. Contractors have already begun preliminary work on their lumber camps and expect to have everything in readiness to begin ‘operations by the time the snow begins to fly. There will be at least eight or ten large camps in operation in this immediate vicinity this winter and the outlook for a very successful season generally was never so favorable. Jess Johnson, a pioneer resident of this section, passed away early Tuesday morning at the home of his son, Hans Johnson, after an illness of but eleven days, death being due to Bright’s disease. ~The deceased came to this country about five years ago and has since made his home with his son, who lives on a home- stead eighteen miles east of here. He was 71 years old and is survived by eleven children. Interment was made in the Northome cemetery Wednesday afternoon. Additional local matter will be found on fourth page. tell stories, Grammar Department, |. +| held at, Big Falls in January. JAMES GODATTE INDICTED ~ MURDER IN FIRST DEGREE Man Who Killed Williams at Big Falls Taken North Last Evening for Trial. The grand jury for the term of district court of Koochiching county which is being held at International Falls, yesterday returned an indict- ment against James Godatte, on the charge of murder in the first degree. Sheriff Walsh of Koochiching county took Godatte to International Falls last evening, where he will he given the chance to answer to the charge of murder in the first degree. Godatte killed Chas. Williams at Big Falls on August 21st, and was subsequently arrested and bound over to await the action of the grand jury on the charge of murder in the first degree. Godatte has retained Chas. W. Scrutchin of this city to defend him and will put up a vigorous fight in an endeavor to show that the killing of Williams was an act of self- defense, There is considerable feeling in Big Falls relative to the killing of Williams. . Both Williams and his slayer, Godatte, have their friends at Big Falls, who are active in their behalf. Godatte, who has been confined in the Beltrami county jail in this city, has borne up well, considering the seriousness of the charge which has been lodged against him. While he undoubtedly worries considerably concerning the possible outcome of his trial, he exhibits much nerve in concealing his feelings. It is more than likely that the trial of Godatte will be continued until the term of court that will be Call at Abercrombie’s and see their new line of Books, Stationery, { Pipes, etc., which has just been! received. SUGGESTION AS TO HAVING STATE PRISON HANGINGS St. Paul Pioneer Press Sensibly Suggests the Abolishing of the Custom of County Hangings in County Where Crime Was Committed. In view of the fact that two men are now lying in the county jail of Beltrami county awaiting the carry- ing out of the death sentence, im- posed as a penalty for murder in the first degree, the following article con- cerning hangings will be read with interest by northern Minnesota people. St. Paul Pioneer Press: “New Jersey, by virtue of a bill just passed, is to substitute the electric chair for the gallows as its instrument of executing condemned murderers. Whether execution by electricity is more merciful than hanging when properly managed may be a matter of conjecture, but there is little room for question that as hangings are generally managed in practice elec- trocution is much more merciful. Altogether too many hangings are bungled. Instead of breaking the neck of the victim they often result in slowly strangling him to death. Nor does the blame lie with those who conduct the execution. The fault lies with the system generally in vogue in this country. When we require the execution to take place in the county where the crime has been committed, when we compel the sheriff of that county to conduct the execution and when we change sheriffs every few years we have no right to expect the hangman to be an expert. “The only way a _sheriff would have a chance to become an_ expert hangman would be to increase the number of murders and convictions in each county—a remedy which it will probably be conceded would be somewhat drastic. “Some day the conscience of the public will be aroused to the essen- tial barbarity of the county execu- tion. It is merely excepted now because it has been the custom. It is a relic of the semi-barbarous sys- tem of hanging for theft, arson and other felonies too numerous to cata- logue. County hangings had some excuse when the supply of victims was large enough to support the professional hangman. They have no excuse today except the enertia of custom and a slumbering public conscience. “The virtue of electrocution, there- fore, lies even more in the fact that it puts all executions in the hands of the state prison authorities than in the fact that it may be more mercifal than hanging. No state has undertaken to supply each of its counties with electric chairs. It has found one enough. “Minnesota may or may not want an electric chair, but certainly needs no more than one gallows. If it did all of its hanging at the state prison it would not be guilty either of strangling its murderers because of the incompetence of its executioners nor would it be troubled with the disgusting habit of making execu- tions festival occasions for the friends of its sheriffs. Absolute privacy would be assured as well as skilled manipulation of the noose. But since the prison authorities seem unwilling to accept the respons- ibility and have twice managed to defeat bills for prison hangings it might be well to find out whether the institution of an electric chair would be any more acceptable to thém. “Certainly the-state ought not to sufferany more. of such orgies as have disgraced hangings in this and other counties; nor ought it to main- tain longer a system that makes the condemned murderer an object of curiosity and amusement for the morbid multitude.” Our styles are always correct and our clothing is made for us from the best materials obtain- tainable by Hart, Schaffner & Marx, the largest manufacturers of men’'s clothing in the world. Any model, any f ibric, any co'or. Prices, $18 and up. ors all they should anteed not to fade. him more than he will ever know. clothes from us pou pay from $12 to $25 for it, and you are well dressed when you put it on. 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