Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, November 5, 1907, Page 1

THE BEMIDJI DAILY PIONE VOLUME 5. NUMBER 168. HINNESOTA HISTORICA SOCIETY. BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, TUESDAX, NOVEMBER 5, 1907. MUCH MONEY PAID FOR PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS City Engineer Stoner Has Prepared Report Showing the Public Improvements Made on the Streets, Sewer, Sidewalks, Etc., Since Jmmary First. M. D. Stoner, city engineer of the city of Bemidji, has prepared a report covering about all of the improvements of a public nature which have been made by the city since January 1, 1907. The report shows an estimated total of $23,362.23 as having been expended on street grading, sewer extens’ons, improvements at the city hall, putting a wagon road east of the city and putting in 10,276 (estimated) feet of cement walk. These improvements have greatly enhanced the appearance of the city streets and walks, which, together with the large amount of building which has been going on, raising up buildings to the grade of the streets and other minor improvements, both ot a public and private nature, hag kept an army of men busily employed since early last spring. This work gives Bemidji graded streets, substantial and permanent foundations for buildings, the best known walks and an air of up-to-date prosperity, that is indeed good to look at. The report of Engineer Stoner is as follows, To the Hon. City Council of the City of Bemidji. Gentlemen:—Having completed all public improvements which have come under my supervision during the year 1907, I therefore have sum- marized, as close as possible, the various expenditures in the following report, thinking it may be of interest to you and the public. Total cost of sewer extensions. «««vvevueriueeureiierieenens $ 5215.38 Total cost of street grading, approximately 14000 yards at an average priceof 25 cents per yard Total cost of city hall improvements... Total cost of wagon road running east from city....... Cement walks, built as follows:— 3500.00 1300.00 948.45 4444 feet of 6 foot walk and curb 620 feet of 10 foot walk and curb 1118 feet of 12 foot walk and curb 4049 feet of 14 foot walk and curb Making a total of 10276 feet of walk, being 284 feet less than 2 miles in length. Total cost of walk and curb. Total amount paid city engineer. Total amount paid engineer’s assistants Total cost of improvements itemized Total amount assessed to property. . $ 13442.40 684.50 271.50 § 23362.23 . 4242 Total amount paid out of general and permanent Improvement Fund. Total paid direct by property owners. . <. $ 862243 $12,497.80 The fact that only $446 for cement walks was assessed to the pro- perty, $498.60 was paid by the city for alley crossings, and the entire balance of $12497.80 was paid by the property owners, shows a public spirit in the city, which is seldom equaled, and permitted the city to accomplish far more than they otherwise would have been able to do. The above expenditures do not inclnde any work performed by the street commissioner in repairing the dock, wagon bridges, sidewalks, laying plank crossings, etc., except the grading for the construction of cement walks. IS ACGIDENTALLY SHOT WHILE HUNTING AT BOVEY A. M. Ingalls Dies from Neck Wound.--- Son of Well Known Veterinary Surgeon. Bovey, Nov. 3.—While out hunt- ing near Trout Lake, about a mile from town, Sunday, A. M. Ingalls, bookkeeper for the Boyey Hardware company, was accidentlly shot by his intimate friend and companion, John Specht. Death followed within 15 minutes, as the shot severed the jugular vein. A man by the name of Olson was a third member of the party and witnessed the tragedy. Sprecht shot at a weasel and the bullet struck a rock and was deflec- ted upward and at a side angle, striking Ingalls, who was about 50 feet distant, in the neck. When the shot was fired Ingalls was not in line by several feet, and had the bullet not been deflected sidewise it would have missed him easily. The remains were brought to town by Specht and Olson and the authorities at once notified. A coroner’s jury was impaneled by Deputy Coroner Peterson and an inquest was held this afternoon. After hearing the story of the unfor- tunate affair as related by the two witnesses the jury returned a ver- dict to the effect that Ingalls came to his death accidentally, and en- tirely exonerating Specht from any plame. “Al” Ingalls, as he was familiarly known among his friends, was about 32 years old and had been employed as bookkeeper by the Bovey Hard- ware company for about nine months, coming here from Glad- stone, Mich. He is survived by a wife and a six-year-old son, his par- ents and a brother, E. E. Ingalls. -~ - ¥ e The parents are living at Coleraine with the latter, who is manager of the Coleraine Hardware com- pany. When the news of her husband’s tragic death had been conveyed to Mrs. Ingalls she collapsed and is in a precarious condition. No arrange- ments have as yet been made re. garding the funeral. Ingalls had for some time been the Bovey and Coleraine correspond- entfor the Duluth News-Tribune and the last work he did in that capacity was to report the blowing up of the miner’s cabin at Coleraine Saturday morning in which three Italians were killed and four others injured. Young Ingalls was quite well known in Bemidji, having lived here for a short time, two years ago. W. H. Ingalls, father of the young man who was killed, is a veterinary sur- geon who has an extensive practice in this vicinity and along the north line of the M. & L railway, and he has many friends in Bemidji, all of whom will extend sincere sympathy to him in the loss of his son. Tells of Western Trip. County Attorney Henry Funkley has the following to say of his recent trip to the Pacific coast and through several of the western states: “Yes, I have seen the great west, and while I am much pleased with my trip, I am more satisfied than ever that there is no better country for me than northern Minnesota. “Spokane is fast forging to the front as a great city, boasting nearly one hundred thousand people. “I also saw Portland, the aristo- cratic city of the west, fairly revel- ing in her wealth and beauty—the great Columbia surging on in her course thither through a truly won- derland of scenery, cleaving, as it were, the Cascade mountains on her way. “The Cascade mountains! Grand 'in their mountain-sides of marble and spires of glittering granite— eternalized in their mantel of white, with towering summits veiled in the silvery linings of a thousand clouds —the Cascade mountains, like ponderous projections of the founda- tions of the world, stand silent sentinels on either side of the Col- umbia, contrasting her excitement and desperation with their majestic serenity, géntly guiding her in her mad race, that her rage may be pacified in the Pacific. “I visited Tacoma and Seattle,the commercial centers of the far west, and saw those harbors fairly alive with ocean liners from the world over, loading and unloading freight and passengers for and frem the remotest parts of the planet. “At Tacoma I met one of my brothers and my three sisters, and went with them out to Parkland, about eight miles, where my mother used to live, and in the nearby cemetery saw, for the first time, my mother’s grave. “I must admit that here for the first time in my life I was utterly overcome with emotional sensations. What worthless things are words with which to describe the serene sensations of deep sorrow in the fond recollections that I mentally mob- alized while standing in mute and speechless silence, that brief instant, before my mother’s grave? Senti- ments of love and grief and sorrow adorned in the most beautiful ex- pressions of men are but vulgar stepping stones to that wakeful dream of the past. “No dream of man composes: *“No gospel truth discloses “How ardently the love I crave Ot her who in dreamless dust reposes “In my mother’s grave." W. M. McVeety, the logger, was in the city this morning from his camps near Blackduck. He was in search of men, and has his camps almost filled sufficiently for the winter’s work. Local news on last page BIG GAME SEASON OPENS NEXT SUNDAY, NOV. 10TH Deer Are Numerous, But Few Miles From Bemidii.--;floolc Are Hard to/@et. - The season for hunting deer and moose will open next Sunday, the 10th inst, and already there are many inquiries concerning hunting, as to whetheg déer are plentiful and how far one has to go to get them; and also as to whether there are any chances of getting a shot at'a moose. Reports from those living in the woods adjacent to Bemidji is to the effect that deer were never more plentiful than this fall. There has been very little killing of big game out of season and' the deer have thrived very noticably during the last two seasons. As to moose, there are very few of them in this vicinity, but the “big fellows” are quite numerous east of Blackduck and Northome and in the vicinity of Big Falls, and also north and northwest of Kelliher. Tt is a difficulty *matter to kill a moose and get the carcass to a point for shipment, as the woods which they frequent are for the most part isolated and a considerable distance from any railroad stat.on. Among the places where deer are plentiful may be named the foilow- ing: In the vicinity of Puposky, | Nebish and Redby on the Red Lake railway; north of Bemidji by wagon road along the chain of lakes from Turtle lake; out a short distance from any of the towns north of Be- midji on the M. & I. railway; south of Bemidji along Marquette and Plantagnet lakes and the School- craft river and also west of there to the Ttasta park. In fact, deer-can be found most anywhere at a dis- tance of not over five miles from the heart of this city. the game. paper was FORTY CENTS PER MONTH The law relative to hunting deer and moose remains the same as last season. A resident of the state is entitled to kill two deer and to ship the same from himself to himself in his own county,provided he has first obtained a big game license from the county auditor of the county in which he resides. A resident of the state may also kill and ship one male antlered moose. A non-resldent, in order to hunt big game in Minnesota, must first secure a non-resident license, which costs $25. A non-resident hunter may kill one male antlered moose and one deer; and he may ship the deer to his place of residence out of the state. No moose can be law- fully shipped out of the state. No big game can be lawfully sold at any time and the minimum penalty for the violation of this pro- vision is $50 and costs. BAG LIMITS. Moose—One male antlered moose (not to be shipped out of state.) Deer—Resident of state, two deer; non-resident, one. Game Birds—(Resident and non- resident alike)One day’s bag, fifteen birds. Number allowed to have in possession at one time, fifty aquatic fowl; forty-five other game birds. Non-resident allowed to ship twenty- five game birds to place of residence. Fish—Limit twenty-five in one day; no limit on Sunfish, Perch, Pickerel and Bullheads. Non-resi- dent may take fifty pounds with him to place of residence. The Merry Milkmaids. “The Merry Milkmaids,” a comic opera in two acts, in which the best muSical talent in Bemidji has been enlisted to the number of about thirty-five, has been in preparation for the past week under the direction of Mr. G. T. Wilson. It will be produced two evenings, for the bene- fit of the Presbyterian Aid Society, about Nov. 18th and 19th. Local news on last page LEADS THE PIONEER was on the press and being printed, fifteen minutes after the game was completed at Northrop field. Even the twin city papers DID NOT have as full an account as the Pioneer; and this out at the usual time. You must have THE PIONEER, if you want the news when it IS news DEEEFEAOTIVVIE DAAC Daily Pioneer The Bemidji Daily:Pioneer was the ONLY news- paper in Northern Minnesota that printed (Saturday evening) the ENTIRE Associated Press account of the Minnesota-Chicago football game, which was played on Northrop field, beginning at 2 o’clock in the afternoon. THE PIONEER reproduced the account of every play, together with the line-up, and every feature of textent, and he hopes in a few days i sidered a very serious one. ACCIDENTAL SHOOTING HAS FATAL TERMINATION Edward Flaherty, Who Was Shot in the Hip bya Bullet From a Rifle, Died Yesterday.---Body Will be _ Buried at Rock Island. The body of Edward Flaherty, who died at St. Anthony’s hospital in this city yesterday morning, as al result of being accidentally shot, will be taken to Rock Island for, burial. Flaherty’s death was a very un- fortunate occurrence, and has caused much sorrowful regret on the part of those who were present at the time he was accidentally shot. The particulars of the affair show that the shooting was purely acci- dental and that no real blame can| be attached to anyone for the fortunate occcrrence. The shooting occurred at Puposky last Friday evening. Mr. Flaherty, with his son Joseph, Matt, Joe and Nick Heffner, Henry Spoerhase and Edward Jones, were assembled in Hefiner’s hotel at Puposky, prior to and at the time the shooting occurred. All of them had been in the barroom of the hotel. There were twe rifles in the party, both of which were .30-.30 Winches- ters, one being. owned by Flaherty and the other by Jones. They had been looking at the two guns, putting shells into the chambers and taking them out again. After the party had eaten supper, they again went into the bar room to get a smoke, Jones having previ- ously placed loaded shells in his rifle. Spoerhase jokingly asserted that he was going to shoot the paper bell un- from the ceiling of the saloon. Matt Heffner requested him not to shoot. Spoerhase took up the rifle, and was warned by Jones that the weapon was loaded. Spoerhase responded that he knew it was, and started to raise the rifle. Edward Flaherty, who was stand- ing close to Spoerhase, reached for the gun, pulling the barrel down, and the weapon was accidentally discharged. The bullet from the rifle struck Flaherty close to his right hip. Flaherty fell to the floor, exclaim- ing: “I stopped it, Henry. You got me, all right.”? There was considerable excitement among those in the saloon, and finally Jones tied a towel around Flaherty’s leg, stopping the flow of | blood. Dr. Shannon of this city was taken to Puposky, where he dressed the wounded man’s hip, a special train bringing Flaherty to Bemidji at 3 o’clock Saturday morning. Flaherty was placed in the local hospital, where all possible was done for his recovery, but the wound inflicted by the soft-nose bullet, was of such a nature as to cause death. Flaherty was 45 years old, and owned a farm about two miles from Puposky, where he has lived for the past two years. He is survived by a son, Joseph, who was with him at the time of the accident, and a daughter, Mrs: Mary Taylor of Sherrard, Illinois. Diphtheria About Wiped Out. Doctor Blakeslee reports that all of the old diphtheria cases in the Shotley country, northwest of Kelli- her, have entirely recovered from their attacks of the disease, which were very acute, being what is known as black dlphtheria. The doctor says there are two new cases, which are not of a very serious nature. % By consistent work Doctor Blakeslee has prevented the diph- theria from spreading to any great to have the disease entirely stopped ! in the Shotley community. Dr. Blakeslee reports this after- noon that George Marsh, who lives at Marsh’s Siding, on the Red Lake railroad, has been afflicted with diphtheria. The case is not con- Instal New Cancelling Machine. Postmaster Carson has received and installed in the local postoffice one of the most up-to-date cancelling machines used in any posmfice in northern Minnesota. The machine was received last night and was used today for the first time. The letters and postal cards are fed into the machine, which cancels the stamps on the matter to be mailed and also back stamps it. The use of the machine will greatly facilitate the handling of mail in the Bemidji postoffice, and will also be a time-saver and of great convenience to the local ~postal corps, Son Bornon Train. A birth was recorded Monday that is much out of the ordinary, and which marks the Red Lake rail- way as being a promoter of the theory that race suicide is a myth, especially in this northern country. The M,, R. L. & M. railway can lay claim to having born on one of its moving passenger trains a bounc- ing baby boy, of large proportions and good lung power. The son was born to Mrs. Charles Beterson, who lives near Puposky, and who had boarded the train at Puposky to come to Bemidji. And now, there be those who insist that the youthful Peterson. be christened Pat Marson Peterson. Wood for sale. GASS LAKE MAN BRINGS $90,000 DAMAGE SUIT Jamés Kennedy, Who Lost Both Arms as Result of Accident, Is the Plaintiff. Cass Lake, Nov. 5.—(Sbecial to Pioneer.)*— James Kennedy, an employe of the J. Neil’s Lumber company, who was so severely in- jured while working in the Cass Lake mill last fall that it was neces- sary to amputate both of his arms, has just received a check for $2000 from the Modern Woodmen order. Soon after Kennedy was injured last fall, local members of the Modern Woodmen lodge made an appeal to the 1800 M. W. A. lodges throughout the United States for aid for the unfortunate man. The matter was taken up by the lodges appealed to, with the result that $2000 inall was subscribed among the members, and the check which Kennedy has received was the total of the subscriptions of members of this order. Kennedy has brought suit against the J. Neils company for $90,000 damages for the injuries he received while working in the mill. Owing to the large amout of the damages sued for the case is a noteworthy one among the personal injury suits in this part of the state, involying the largest sum ever sued here. The case will be tried at the next term of court in Cass county, to be held at Walker. Reception This Evening. ‘The members of the congregation of the local M. E. church will tender a reception this evening to the new pastor of the church, Rev. J. H. Denniston, who recently took charge of the Bemidii church. The reception will be public and the invitation is general. Rev. Denniston has made a most excellent impression, and the mem- bers of the congregation are anxious that he should meet the people of * the city. Additional . local matter will be found