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

VOLUME 5. NUMBER 204. Historical Society, “REHD THE BEMIDJI D BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, TUESDAY EVHNING. DECEMBER 17, 1907, NRESOTA FORTY CENTS PER MOMNTH VALUATION OF BELTRAMI CO. INCREASED 557,475 Returns from State Board of Equalization Bring County Val- uation over Six Million.--City of Bemidjiis $1,197,- 024.---1907 Tax Books Being Made Out. County Auditor Wilmann and his corps of efficient deputies have com- pleted the changes on the assess- ment books as made by the State Board of Equalization, and they are busy making extending the taxes fer the coming year. The total valuation of the county is: real estate, $4,953,447.; personal property, $1,072,341.; making a grand total of $6,025,788. This is an increase of $557,475. over the total assessment of last year. The city of Bemidji last year had a real estate valuation of $811,723,| while this year the valuation is‘ $314,998, Last year in the city limits the personal property was valued at $265,132., while this year’s valuation is $382.026. The total increased valuation is $120,168. The total valuation of real and personal property of the towns and| villages for the purpose of taxation | is as follows: Alaskacavsimsesainnis $ 10836] Blackduck. e avesecenas 11147 Baudette «vonveenanen. 1385 Buzzle . 1576 Bemidj 5856/ Battle 6160 Benville 7699 | Birch: vssssisae Sieeh sl 3020i Cormant «ecceneesnanns 1903 | Durand 11336 17594 3151 Grant Valley. 3237 | up the tax list and | Gudridieis dsn s v e 20829 Hornet. . ceee 22421 Hagoli. ... 4640 12 E1 T 1796 Jones . . 2657 Kelliher. . 65469 Lammers. 8800 Lakewood 179 Liberty «veeveeenanennn 3019 LaANGOT o swisississsanos 4102 BB wonmisiois s Ssisseontiiidibis 6721 McDougald 11931 Maple Ridge. 28907 Moose Lake 106 Minnieseeiaann, 1117 Northern ....... 1242 Nebish: u v 56 &0 sesioisionis 4045 Port Hope.-eveeenennn. 48239 Quiring . 4% 2369 Roosevelt . 5007 Spruce Grove 1553 Shotleys eswanmivaimen o 3132 Summit coeviieiianinnn 17297 Spooner. . 2729 Turtle River. 1214 Turtle Lake 41049 Taylor ... 1568 Wabanaca . 10295 Walhalla .... o 1908 Village of Tenstrike Center sevecenavinas 14358 Village of Funkley. 2641 * * Nymore 5836 * * Turtle River.. 3776 ** Blackduck. 56257 * " Baudette ..... 41432 N “ Spooner...... 59881 City of Bemidji 1197024 Unorganized Territory. . 99272 —— e McTaggart-Goodman. The marriage of Miss Ethel Mae| MacTaggart to John Goodman, was! solemnized at Brainerd yesterday in; the presence of a few relatives of the | contracting . parties, and following | the ceremony the newly married | couple left for Chicago, where they will spend their honey-moon. | They will be at home after February first, at 503 Bemidji avenue. The bride 1s a danghter of Mr.[ and Mrs. Geo. McTaggart, and has | grown to womanhood in this city. The groom, Mr. Goodman, is one of | the most substantial and progressive | business men of Bemidji, and has| been engaged in business here since before the advent of the railroads. { Local news on last page No Quorum- There was no quorum at the regu- lar meeting of the city council last night, and after a number of the city fathers,.and people who had business to bring before the atten- tion of the honorable body, had waited an hour, an adjournment was taken, Diaries. The Pioneer has just received a large iine of 1908 diaries, suitable for business and professional men. An early selection should be made, as they will not be carried in stock after January first. Christmas and New Vear’s postal cards can be had at the Pioneer office. LANDS TO0 BE 300,000 ACRES OF STATE SOLD IN JULY State Auditor Iverson Will Offerh for Sale a Large Acreage of State Lands in Northern Minnésota.---Some of the Richest Lands to Be Placed on the Market. State Auditor S. G. Iverson and State Treasurer Clarence Dinehart arrived in the city yesterday after- noon from Grand Rapids, where they conducted a state stumpage land sale at that place. In conversation with Mr. Iverson he speaks very highly of the develop- ment of northern Minnesota and gives valuable information to the settlers as well as to those who are seeking new locations. Mr. Iverson believes in. the| development of this part of the state and next summer will conduct a sale of state lands, offering such as he thinks the settlers are ready and want to purchase, and along that line Mr. Iverson says: “The state intends to offer for sale about 300,000 acres of land in the northern part of Minnesota during the last half of July, 1908. “The completion of the Minne- sota & International and the Duluth, Rainy Lake & Winnipeg railroads to the north boundary of the state has opened up a very large agricul- tural region, that heretofore has been almost inaccessable. The soil in that part of the state is exceedingly rich and there are many large open tracts of prairie along the Big Fork, Littlefork and other streams, that will make the richest kind of farm lands. “Northern Minnesota appears to be on the threshold cf a period of great development, and from now on will thange in a manner to sur- prise even our own people. There is the promise of the state to offer the school and other lands as often and in such quantity as the demand would seem to The prices and the conditions on which the state lands are sold make them exceedingly advantageous to those who wish to engage in agricultural pursuits. A great deal has been said about the advantages of Northern Minnesota for diversified farming, but I doubt exceedingly if even our own people comprehend the enormous wealth of the rich soil of Northern Minnesota. warrant. farming, vegetables, seeds and grasses of all kinds grow in the most surprising manner and. cannot be ex- celled, either as to kinds of products or quality of the product. my good fortune to view the county fair exhibits at Bemidji, held last fall, and I say, without fear of con” tradiction that the display of grain, grasses and vegetables and fruits at that exhibit could not be and has not been excelled in any other county, and this is but the beginning. Think what it will be, when the en- tire northern country is occupied by thousands and tens of thousands homes and home builders, and think of the wealth that will there be produced. “It is a fact that in some countries, especially the prairie districts, it takes a half to an entire section for a farm to make a comparatively good living, while in northern Minnesota, in the so-called timber and meadow districts, interspersed with prairie, eighty acres, and in many cases forty acres, is an ample size for the aver- age farm. “Speaking about getting along on a farm, it must be the desire of every tiller of the soil to produce that which is the best adapted:to the climate and soil conditions. ““We in this country have an idea that wheat and the other small grain crops are the biggest. money pro- ducers from the soil.” This ‘is un- doubtedly true because they have been the staple money producer for many years in the northwest states, but it may be interesting to know that the figures show that wheat is not the biggest money producer. On the contrary, wheat seems to be fourth on the list. The figures, published by Secretary Wilson of the department of agriculture for the year 1907, show that the agricultural products of the United States for the year to have totaled the enormous sum of $7,00,000,000; show,that from corn products about $1,500,000,000; hay,$700,000,000; cotton, $600,000;- 000, and wheat about $525,000,000. It was | Next comes oats with about $300,- “Cattle raising, dairying, poultry 000,000, and our own splendid staple crop, potatoes, comes next with about $175,000,000. Dairy products total $700,000,000 and poultry $550,- 000, and so on. i “It occurs to me that northern Minnesota is especially adapted for certain lines of agriculture. It is not best adapted, and the people in this country do not expect to com- pete with the prairie counties of the west and northwest in wheat raising, but there are other lines far more profitable than the cultivation of wheat. “The figures as given above show that the poultry crop alone is as large, and even greater than the value of the wheat crop in the Unit- ed States. “It is difficult for us in this part of the country, where wheat is such a staple, to realize that eggs and poultry generally, produces more money than our own leading crop, and it is safe to say that even in Minnesota the value of the poultry crop approaches from $25,000,000 to $30,000,000, and the dairy pro- ducts of Minnesota are far greater than we comprehend. We have 600 or 700 creameries, and a great many thrifty cheese factories, besides thousand dairies operating independently. The dairy products can safely be es- timated at between $50,000,000 to $60,000,000 a year. “It therefore seems to me that they are lines of agriculture espec- ially fitted for the soils of northern Minnesota that will become the greatest money makers to those who will engage in them. “Holland, Denmark and many other countries of Europe, have grown rich from the products of the dairy, and a country so especially adapted for dairying as northern Minnesota should be developed along these lines to the utmost. “Another thing that occurs to me, for which northern Minnesota is especially equipped, that here are found a great many large cen- ters of population, affording steady and profitable markets for every- thing that the farmer can produce. The Day Is Christmas Suspenders Bengaline Ties Collar Bags Linen Handkerchiefs Fancy Lisle Hose Silk Mufflers Way’s Mufflers SilkHandkerchiefs Schneid‘er‘ Store open until 10 o’clock evenings Wednesday! Near! Pajamas Wilson TUnderw’r Night Robes Sweaters and Umbrellas Jackets Kid Gloves Bath Robes Silk Lined Gloves Bath Slippers Swell Overcoats Coats Kuppenheimer Fancy Waist Scarf Pins Collar and Cuff All Suitable Gifts---All Welcome Gifts---Most of Them in Dainty Christmas Boxes. ' He’ll Prefer an Article with Schneider Bros.” Label Clothing House Bros. Store will be closed all day Christmas What to Buy for Him A Week from Get Busy! Fur Lined Gloves Fancy Shirts Florsheim Shoes Buttons Stetson Hats Suits Lot hitts TATRS { CHRISTMAS BUYING SHOULD BE DONE EARLY THIS YEAR Bemidji Merchants Have Good Stocks and Are Advertising Them Liberally.---Buy Early and Get the Better Selection.---Mail Our merchants are busy these days waiting on the trade that unusually precedes the Christmas rush, and are working over time in order that the Christmas shop- pers may see their goods to the best advantage. Additional clerks are employed in every store and this week’s trade promises to be the best holiday trade ever given the Bemidji merchants, and special in- ducements are being offered to people froma distance to come to Bemidji to do their Chrisrmas shop- ping. Peoplé who live within the city limits should do their Christmas shopping as early as possible to avoid the extra rush, which always follows the Christmas trade. Mails at this time of the year are more or less crowded, which unavoidably causes more or less delay in the central distributing points of the large cities. The local merchants appreciate the trade they are receiving and are doing all in their power to make the Christmas buying attractive, as is evidenced by the splendid display windows of the various stores in the down-town districts. Among those who have made every possible effort to supply the trade with toys and articles suitable for Christmasand New Year’s g ifts, and who are anxious that the trade should know of their offers are J. Peterson, Jr., who advertises an ex- cellent selection of toys as well as fruits, nuts and confectionary. e e I'ackages Early. ¥ e Mr. Peterson has handled this line of goods for a number of years and needs no introduction to the Be- midji Christmas shopper. Today the Bazaar is advertising reduced prices on fancy silks, They also will give a liberal discount on dress goods, waistings and cloaks. E. A. Barker offers a beautiful collection of Christmas gifts in the jewelry line and has excellent val- ues to suit every buyer. Their line of goods are suitable for young and old and they are in position to supply your needs in this line of_ goods. The Pioneer has on sale Christ- mas tags and stickers. These will add attraction and make Christmas packages Jook much better. At the Pioneer office you can also find a good line of Christmas postal cards as well as the 1908 diaries. Schneider Bros., in a neatly got- ten up ad, list a number of articles of clothing, which make suitable gifts for men and they extend a special invitation to the ladies to visit their store during the holiday season in search of Christmas pres- ents. O'Leary & Bowser are giving special Christmas bargains in men’s, boys’ and childrens’ suits, over- coats and trowsers and are giving a 25 per cent reduction sale on this line of goods until January first. The Model Bakery advertises Christmas fruit - cakes, candies and Christmas tree ornaments, and their store presents an attractive line of these goods. I am told that right here in Bemidji milk is shipped in by raildroad from quite a distance, and it is costing the people here from twenty to twenty-five cents a gallon. It seems to me that the country tributary to this thriving city should not alone supply the milk and cream demands of this, town, but should have a surplus to send to other places. “As an illustration of what can be done on a small farm, I was told day before yesterday, of a man in this north country who had a 60 acre farm. He has one acre of celery rrom which he received a crop worth -$600. He has 100 chickens and 20 cows. The total cash received from his celery and vegetables, eggs and poultry and milk during the present year was.| more than $2,500.His expenses were light as most of the work was done by him and his family. Now this man, in a very few years, will be independently well-to-do. This experience is. one in- a_thousand that could be spoken of, if we knew of them. “It seems to me there is no part of the country that offers the great opportunity for a man of limited means that northern Minneasota offers to those who are workers and know how to conduct a diversified farm. ! “We are receiving a great many iuquires in the state land department from the prairie states of the north- west for information about the lands in northern Minnesota. At every land sale that I have conducted, many buyers are from these states and they tell me that thei want to buy a farm where they will have plenty of their own timber, not alone for fire wood, but where _they can get all the wood and timber they want for farm building. ““Aud the lakes of northern Min- nesota should not be overlooked. In discussing the advantages of the region, surely it is the ‘sports- man’s paradise, It ‘is a land that invites those who seek a place for rest and recreation, fishing and hunting of every kind. = “The climate is pleasiog, even :in winter, While it X i “The lakes and rivers of northern Minnesota are nearly all fed by springs, giving the greatest quantity of the very best of water. “With the climatic advantages, and the timber and meadows, and - the wonderfully rich soil, the rail- | |Toad transportation facilities, and the splendid local markets for every- thing that the farmer wishes to sell, surely there is no place that I know of that offersthe man of limited capital such a splendid opportunity as northern Minnesota.” DISTRIGT GOUBT GRIND AT GRAND RAPIDS Case of State vs. J. J. McDonald on Trial.---Special Venir2 Issued for Additional Jurors. Juudge Spooner -arrived in the city on the morning train from Grand Rapids, court having ad- journed there yesterday afternoon, in order to give the sheriff time to serve a special venire for jurors. The regular routine work of the court has now been taken up. Mrs. Aimee Foutak, who was in- dicted on charge of bigamy was on trial yesterday. She produced a witness, who swore to the fact that Foutak, her first husband, was mar- ried at the time of her marriage to him. Thereupon the defendant was discharegd and the case dismissed. Marie A. Rosen, the notorious woman in the Whit mudrer case, who tried, by swearing falsely, to fix the crime of the murder onto David Corchran of Deer River, entered a plea not guilty. Her trial will be taken up at a later date. The case of the state vs. J. J. Mc- Donald of Swan River for assault i the first degree, McDbnald having figured in a shooting scrape at Swan River, some two years ago, and wh was tried and convicted before Jud; McClenahan, and who later secured a new trial, is now on trial and the jury for same is being empaneled. County Attorney Thwing was one the attorneys for the defenda therefore cannot act in this case an R, A. Stone of the attorney-gene: office is conducting the case.