Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, January 20, 1908, Page 1

" but best of all, they like him. But THE BEMIDJI DATILY PIONE A fl.D“ ) e gtate ?:\n'-“ VOLUME 5. NUMBER 232. BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 20, 1908. FEDERATION WILL HAVE FAR-REACHING BENEFITS Recently Organized Commercial Club ‘““Merger”” “Got To- gether” on Many Propo: sitions that Will Bring Splendid Results to All Parts of State. These are some of the things the Minnesota Federation of Commercial Clubs think should be done by both the federal and the state governments: An appropriation of $2,000,000 for the deepening of the Mississippi, so as to create a six-foot channel; the drainage of the ceded Chippewa lands; the establishment of an agri- cultural course in the public schools of the | state; a more liberal appropriation for immi- gration work; a two-week state fair in 1908 to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of Minnesota’s admission to the Union, and a fitting Minnesota | display at the Alaska-Yukon exposition at Seattle in1909, [ “Rural development” was the keynote of the first state conven- tion of Minnesota commercial clubs, held at St. Paul last Thursday and Friday. There appears to have been a wholesome awakening to the fact of the entire dependence of the| cities on the country for their prosperity. “‘Let us unite to multi- ply and people farms; to extend agricultural education; to promote the ‘ntroduction of improved live | stock, better methods for tillage, dairying and horticulture, the build- ing of good roads; to spin a web of trolleys and telephone lines over the state; and thus make our fertile lands attractive, villages the seats of prosperous and happy industries and populations. Let us, in a word, make rural life in Minne- sota rich in oppor tunities, social as well as material. Then the growth of our cities will take care of itself.” That, in brief, was the sentiment of the convention. If the federation which has been formed as the result of this first “getting together” of the clubs shall pursue its work along these lines, it may well be thought that its organi- zation marks the beginning of a new era of growth for our state. “State development” will afford a field for every sort of progressive | propaganda. The federation may, | with that as its slogan, lend efficient aid alike to the men whose enthusi- asm runs to the planting of immi- grants in colonies; to the multiplica- tion of schools of agriculture and the mechanic arts; to the drainage of swamps or the canalization of rivers; to the building of good roads; to the location of factories in vil-| A FINE ENTERTAINMENT TUESDAY NEXT, JAN. 2 our | | | | Everett Kemp, Interpretive Recital, Will Entertain, Under Auspices of | Presbyterian Ladies’ Aid. The fourth number of the Midland Lyceum Course, under the auspices of the Ladies’ Aid Society of the Presbyterian church, will be given in the City Hall January 21st. Tuesday evening, The attraction will be Everett Kemp, in interpretive recital. Everett Kemp has won an enviable place among lyceum attractions. To meet Mr. Kemp is to be im-| pressed that he has a great purpose and that he must and will succeed. His art is to interpret life and he does this with all the varying shades and subtile emotions peculiar to this great humanity of ours. He is a born comedian and brings to his audience that rare treat; clean, pure fun. His humor is delicious. Everybody likes his funny people he is not always laughing and mak- ing others laugh. His fine sym- pathetic nature, wide versatility and kéen perception enables him to interpret the more serious side of life in a way to delight the popular as well as the literary audience. Seats on sale at the City Drug Store. Fifty cents. Additional local matter will be found on fourth page. | tions of the lages, where they will congest neither population nor transportation—to any oblect, in fact, which comes within the scope of the federation’s activities. “No pent-up Utica” of a single city’s aggrandizement need contract the powers of any set of men ambitious to serve their state with the federation’s aid. It will be a booster of boosters in every quarter of Minnesota. Another way in which the federa- tion mav be of infinite service to Minnesota will be found in it§ adaptability to the purpose of uni- | fying business sentiment in favor of desirable and against undesirable legislation. An organization which voices the sentiment of practically all the business clubs and associa- exercise more influence with legisla- tors than any isolated body, or num- ber of bodies acting separately, which may be viewed with suspicion as having, perhaps, some local axes to grind or particular interest to serve. To the legislative committee of the federation men with proposals for tuture legislation may well resort for securing an examination and re- port before introduclng a measure crude or ill adapted to the end de- sired; perhaps something to insure the passage of which'all the infiuence of the federated clubs might be|* i called into use. Is D state will necessarily | Jan. 22, at 8 p WAS PLEASED WITH THE PRESENT FROM WARDENS Carlos Avery Expresses Appreciation of Holiday Gift from Deputies working for State. During the holidays State Senator L. O. Cooke of Kellogg, Wabasha ‘county, presented to Carlos Avery, executive agent for the State Game and Fish Commission, a very hand- some sixteen-gauge Smith shot gun. In presenting the gun, Senator Cooke made a splendid little speech on behalf of the game wardens of the state who are in the employ of the State Game and Fish Commission and who purchased the gun as a present for Mr. Avery and as a token of their sincere regard for that gentleman. Every game warden in the state contributed to the purchase of the gun, which was a very expensive and handsome firearm. In a letter to A. G. Rutledge of this city, Senator Cooke encloses a letter from Mr. Avery, in which he returns thanks for the present. Senator Cooke writes as follows: *St. Paul, Jan. 14th, 1908. “A. G. Rutledge, Bemidji, Minn., *Dear Sir:—Permit me to forward to you herewith a copy of a letter received by me in acknowledgement of the Christmas gift presented to Carlos Avery by the game wardens of the state, in which you shared. “Sincerely, *“L. O. Cooke.” “Board of Game and Fish Commissioners H8t. Pa.ul Minn., Jan 14th, 1908. Hon L. O. Cooke, Kellogg, Minn. “My Dear Senator—I wish, WINRESOTA HISTORICAL FORTY CENTS PER MONTH through you, to acknowledge the beautiful - sixteen gauge Smith gun, the Christmas gift which came to me from the game wardens of the :| state during the holiday season, and to say that” of all similar remem- brances which it has ever been my fortune to receive, none has been so thoroughly appreciated. “It will always be treasured, com- ing as it did as an evidence of the close and friendly relations existing between myself and the men associ- ated with me in this work. “In thanking the wardens through you, for their beautiful gift, I wish to express the wish that the coming year may abound in good things for all of them and fof yourself as well. “With the highest regard for your- self personally, believe me your, and their, “Sincere friend, “Carlos Avery.” Discharged and Rearrested. In the case of Harty Smith, charged with assault in the’ first de- gree, preliminary hearing of which was held before Judge Slocum Satur- day forenoon, decision was held until about eight o’clock in the even- ing when the prisoner was ordered discharged by that “court, but was immediately rearrested on: the same charge upon cemplaint sworn out by Thos. Bailey before Judge Simons’ court and adjournment taken to January 28th at 10 o’clock a. m. Mr. Smith is the man charged with having shot at Brakeman Cop- persmith on an M. & I. passenger train on the evening of January 8th. § Special Notice. All parties indebted t¢' me are requested to settle their accounts at once and pay the same.ito C. F. Schmidt, City Meat Market; —H. F. Scbmxdt. PREDIGTS A HEALTHY MOVEMENT IN LANDS 1 H. Sc;ibner. the Minneapolis Land Man, Takes Optimistic View of Future Land Business. J. H. Scribner, of the new Scrib- ner-Kelly Land company of Minne- apolis, successors to Crocker & Cro- well, returned to Minneapolis Satur- day, after having spent several days in this city. Mr. Scribner announced he and E. E. Kelly had purchased the ex- tensive holdings of Mr. Crowell and that the company will hereafter be known as the Scribner-] Kelly Land - | company. Concerning the new company, Mr. Scribner said: “Every indication points to the fact that bank deposits will, by rea- son of the bank panic of 1904, be withdrawn and invested in land to a greater extent than ever known. Canadian investing has received a set-back from which it will take years to recover. As never before, wood and timber lands will from now on be more eagerly sought. The state drainage of the vast empire in the northern part of our state will rapidly advance values of all lands in the northern part. “Fine low-priced lands, such as are abundant in the vicinity of Be- midji, will be eagerly sought for dur- ing the coming year, and I look for a big movement in lands in the very near future. “Minnesota offers the greatest in- ducements to those seeking new homes of any state in the union. This country is especially adapted to dairying and stock raising, as well as for raising fine garden truck and cereals. “Northern Minnesota is about to *| ‘come into her own’, and just watch the land business during the next year.” BEMIDJI'S POPULAR PRICED CLOTHIERS Our Big Money Raisirg Sale Drawing to a Close WEDNESDAY EVE. p. m., will see the last of the GREATEST SALE Bemidji ever saw in ' CLOTHING, FURNISHINGS AND SHOES We still have a large selection of fine Suits and 0vercoats that we are selling at prices that won’t pay for the cloth alone. : Our large stock-of Shoes we are selling at greatly reduced prices. Some broken lots we are selling below cost. All Rubbers, Mackinaws and Sheep Lined Coats we are selling at actual cost---We don’t even figure. the frelght REMEMBER Wednesday Is the Last Day, So -Come and Save Money MINNEAPOLIS ATTORNEY INTERVIEWED MATHIESON H. 8. Swenson, Representing Some Danish-Amefieans. Has been Retained to Assist in Effort Being Made to Commute the Se, Harry S. Swenson’of Minneapo- lis, a prominent attorney of Minne- apolis, arrived in the city Saturday from Minneapolis and remained here over Sunday. Mr. Swenson has been retained by prominent Danish-American citizens of the twin cities and Omaha, Neb., to assist Gibbons & Torrance of this city in conducting the case of Peter Mathieson, condemned to be hanged Feb. 7, which will come up for final hearing before the State Board of Pardons in St. Paul on Tuesdayat 2 p. m. Mr. Swenson says of the case: AmongDamsh andDanish-Ameri- can citizens and others throughout the state of Minnesota and other states, and notably in the city of Omaha, the Mathieson case has aroused great interest. “The evidence of the case shows that the jury arrived at its verdict upon evidence purely circumstantial in its nature; and this circumstantial evidence was received as true by the jury, in the face of the defendant’s frank and explicit declarations that the homicide was the result only of an accldent “Itis a fact that Mathxeson was a poor, ignorant immigrant who came to these shores without money or friends, about a year before the trial. He had been with Johanson for some time as a working comrade, and they had always seemed to have been on the best of terms. Mathleson, up to the time of the present trouble, had a good_record. “The transcript of the testimony shows. that the gun, which figures so importantly in the case; wag a cheaply-constructed weapon and was defective. This would indicate that the deed was committed through an accident. The statement as to the manner in which the shooting occured would also sustain the defendant in his contention. “The story, as given by the defendant, asto how the accident happened, was not shaken upon the cross-examination by the learned counsel for the state. .Johanson, ntence of Death. laws and customs of this country, and at that time realizing that he had killed a man; that undoubtedly the finger of suspicion would be pointed towards him,he then medi- tated upon what he should do. Per- haps they would immediately jail him; or wouldn’t itbe better to do away with the body and all the evidence of the homicide than to face the inquisition of the people? He chose the latter course. “As to the fact that he cashed the dead man’s checks and used the money, this undoubtedly indicated that he was trying to further his in- tention to conceal the killing. Some of these checks came dueon a cer- tain day and the makers of the checks, if the same were not cashed, would make inquiry as to the rea- aon why they were not cashed. This would lead to an investigation as to the whereabouts of Johanson. “These facts, and many others, would lead 2 good many thinking people to believe that thereis a pos- sibilty, and even a probability, of a miscarriage of justice. If there is even a light possibility of such miscarriage, wouldn’t the ends of justice be fulfilled by the pardoning board commuting at least the pres- ent sentence to that of life imprison- ment? “Therefore, a great many people have interested themselves in the case, and I have been commissoned to assist Mr. To:rance, the able coun- sel for the defendant, -to do what I can to have the sentence commuted, and my visit to your delightful city is for the purpose of looking into the evidence of the case; of seeing the defendant and studying him, and also toget expressions of opinion of the guilt or innocence of the de- fendant by citizens of this com- munity. “I have made a request of your county attorney for the gun which figures in the case for the purpose of using the same before the pardoning board next Tuesday. The county attorney retused to deliver the gun to me, perhaps rightfully, and I have after he had instructed the defend-{now asked Governor Johnson, as a ant to go out and get some rab- bits said, ‘it is cold in here,’ where- upon Mathieson laid the gun on the table, with the - intention of going out to get a stick of wood for the purpose -of placing in the stove and replenishing the fire. ‘T'here was a sudden report and all was over. - “The defendant is a man of poor education, -at least as far as the English language is concerned, and further is unable to express him- self volubly in that language. When asked what he did he then said be went outside, and that he felt no good. His feelings:certainly at that time' must have been almost over- whelming. Unacquainted with the member ex-officio of the pardoning board, to order the county attorney of Beltrami county to deliver the gun to me, for the pnrposes above stated. “A large number of prominent citizens in the twin cities and else- where, will probably go before the board in the interest of Mathieson. “Many of the prominent citizens of Bemidji have expressed them- selves of the belief that the con- victed man is not guilty of the crime’ charged. “I have nothing to say as to the manner in which the case was tried except to state that the counsel on both sides performed their respective duties with emminent ability.” —_— Has Located in Bemidji. In this issue will be seen the an- nouncement of Dr.. Orr, who has opened a fine office in a suit of rooms in the Schroeder & Schwandt building. = Dr.Orr comes into our midst highly recommended, having had fine suc- cess in his profession: before coming here, but realizing ‘the excellent opening here and being favorably impressed with this city and its future prospects decided to locate here. Dr. Orr hasan equipment second to none outside of the large cities and it is rarely exoelled even there. In his announoément he invites the public to. call “and look: over his | offices,which i nvitation will undoubt- edly be accepted by a’large number - W1 of our citizenswho are interested n | the later methods. of the healing of | the exception of ' antiseptics and anesthetics, when necessary. His wife, who is now visiting in Towa and South Dakota, ‘will join him about Feb. ist, and assist him ~ in his work. They will undoubtedly meet with success in their new location. Bids for Wood. Bids for 250 cords of green-cut- .ack-pine and tamarac cordwood, to Jbe delivered on school grounds in’ Bemidji, will be received by Inde- pendent School District of Bemidj, up to January 22nd, 1908, at 8 p. m. Bids forlots of 50 cords or more will be considered. The board - reserves the nght to reject any and all bids. Bids should be addmmd to Graham M. Torrance, Cl:rk, Be- )mdp, Minn. disease of which Dr. Orr has made 2 ank Horton, the "tomemm man,” - came up from-: Bnme' Saturday ev:mng and 8| ‘