Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, February 19, 1908, Page 1

=3 THE BEMIDJI VOLUME 5. NUMBER 258. BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 19, 1908. DAILY PIONE MINNESOTA RISTORICAL 3 F ORTY CENTS PER MONTH (0. AUDITOR WILLMANN’S FINANCIAL STATEMENT Complete Report in This Issue, in Supplement Form.--- Some Interesting Details of Receipts and Disburse- ments During Past Year Are Set Forth. With this issue, the Pioneer pre-| sents its readers with the financial' statement of Beltrami county in its| entirety. From the statement every reader will be given a chance to see the total expense and the total receipts of the county for the past year, together with the financial condition of the county as it was January 1st, 1908. It is really to be regretted that so few citizens take enough interest in the affairs of the county to read these statements as they are pub- lished each year. The financial statement is pre- pared by the county auditor and published each year as required by law, so that every tax payer may know exactly what disposition has been made of the public funds. Every item sets forth and states exactly what that particular expense was, and it is published for the Lenefit of every tax payer of the county. The statement is arranged in a manner that every intelligent reader can readily understand. It will be noticed that a number of classifications have been made, these having been made to give the tax payer a more clear idea of the | different items of expense. The Pioneer here presents some figures taken from the prepared copy, which is for the general information of its readers. During the past year the total! expenditure for the county for all purposes and interest on county bonds was $221,560.53. This in- cludes county revenne, toad and bridge, poor, incidental funds and all state and school taxes. | Tax collections for all purposes, which include state, school, county, township and villages was $218,- 393.71. There was received from liquor licenses, $3,510; game licenses, $401.40; interest on deposits, $1,- 915.37. There was paid, as Beltrami county’s contribution to the State of Minnesota, $20,947.15;paid to school | districts, $76,915.72; townships and villages, $41,587.01; refunded on account of abatement of taxes and private redemptions, $1,098.81. $17,291.22 was used for road and bridge purposes, leaving rhe road and bridge account overdrawn in the sum of §27,935.06. Probate court expenses for the year amount to $1,324.96. Justice court expenses for the entire county foots up to $2,963.43. Coroner’s fees, witness fees and post-mortem | cases, $903.93. Board of prisoners, | $2,698.07. The salaries of county officers and | employes, except that of judge of probate and the fee officials—clerk of court, register of deeds, sheriff and commissioners—amount to $13,405.57. The amount paid the commissioners in salaries, mileage and per diem was $947.96. There was paid out for wolf bounties $724.50. The cost of assessing unorganized territory was $564.40. Books and stationery for the year| 1906 was $2,425.67; 1907 was $3,- 189.47. The difference in this amount is due to a number of old bills for stationery, which had been pending for more than a year past, which at the beginning of the year 1907 were taken up by the board and allowed. These amounted to $719.18. This makes the real ex- pense of 1906, $3,144.85 and 1907, $2470.29. Legal publications -in 1907 cost $2040.82. The total expenditure for the poor during the year foots up to $9,871.32, distributed as follows: board and care of paupers at the poor farm and maintainence of poor farm, $5,494.62. Care of paupers other than at the farm, $914.32; transpor- tation for dependence to other points for care, $142.77. Salary for overseer of poor farm, $1150. Owing to the number of criminal prosecutions and the expenses and difficulty in securing jurors and the long distance which witnesses had to travel, the district court expenses for the past year have been exceed- ingly heavy, as will be seen by the following comparative table for the years 1906-1907. 1906 Clerk of court and deputies $874 15 Grand jurors 128 40 Petit jurors 1247 90 Witnesses 281 68 Talesmen 85 40 Miscellaneous 285 60 Sheriffs fees 561 85 Boaid of prisoners 1691 50 Justice court 12916 04 $8072 62 1907 Clerk of court and deputies $1467 35 Grand jurors 778 90 Petit jurors 3811 16 Witnesses 3393 64 Talesmen 31 40 Miscellaneous 2354 69 Sheriffs fees 3695 15 Board of prisoners 2698 07 Justice court 2963 43 $21193 79 From the above table we find that the justice and- district court for the year 1906 cost the county $8,072.62, while the year 1907 there was ex- pended for district court and justice court cases $21,193.79, being an ex- penditure of over $13,000 more, which was caused by the large amount of criminal cases. The total taxable valuation of Bel- trami county is, real estate, $4,966,- 618; personal property, $1,076,136. The total tax levy for all purposes, including state, county, school, town- ships and villages was $254,129.19. The present total bonded indebted- ness of Beltrami county is $110,000. Registered and unpaid warrants, $158,847.82, making the total liabili- ties $268,847.82. The total assets, which includes uncollectable taxes, county build- ings, countyefurniture and cash in the treasury is $247,296.84. Of this $76,210, is uncollected taxes for the year 1907, a more particalar des- cription of which will be given by the Pioneer next week when we publish the deliquent real estate tax list. There is the sum of $15,000 due the county for taxes for the year' 1906 and prior years. The itemized table giving the | exact financial report of the county will be found upon another page. — Wreck at Island. Brookston, Feb. 19 (Special to Pioneer.)—The east-bound passen- ger train was delayed here this afternoon for more than two hours on account ot a freight wreck at Island. Sixteen cars were ditc ed by the wreck. Fortunately no lives were lost.The wreckage was cleared away in about two hours time and the passenger permitted to pass, After the Firemen’s dance go to the Winter building for an oyster supper. Supper will be served from Getting Ready for Spring Opening. Mrs. J. J. Conger is quite busy unpacking her new stock of spring millinery and getting same ready for her spring opening. Miss Burtness, who was her head trimmer last season, has returned and will be with Mrs. Conger for another season. Elks’ Meeting. The regular méeting of the local lodge, B. P. O. E., will be held at the Masonic hall Thursday evening at 8 o’clock, There will be initia- tion and a good supper. All Elks 11:30 to 1:30 o’clock. Supper 35c. are urged to be present. POGUE WINS BY MAJORITY OF 64 Defeats P. J. Russell in a C-ldsely Contwight. James Cahill Is Elected Assessor.---Thomas Maloy Re-elected City Clerk for Third Term.---Three New Aldermen. The city election held yesterday proved to be a hotly contested (though friendly throughout the entire campaign) election. The largest vote ever. polled in the city was cast yesterday, the exact number of ballots cast being 822, of which Mr. Pogue received 442 and P. T. Russell 378. The result of yesterday’s election is gratifying to Mr. Pogue, and to him is a safe endorsement of the policy which he has followed in the past year. The total number of votes cast at yesterday’s election was 822, which is divided as follows: First ward, 180; second ward, 159; third ward, 276; fourth ward, 207. In the city offices other than that of mayor, Thomas Maloy, the present city clerk, was elected by a vote of For Mayor— J. P. Pogue P. J. Russell For City Clerk— Thomas Maloy J.P.Young............ For City Treasurer— Earl Geil, ... For Assessor— M. E. Smith, ., Thomas Smart, , E. J. Gould J. Bisia®., (o L s e Matt Mayer, G.W.Rhea......... George McTaggart For the Bridge. .......... Against the Bridge. |more than two to one over his opponent, J. P. Young, Mr. Maloy’s vote being 532 and Mr. Young’s 214. James Cahill, who has been city assessor for a number of years, is an easy winner over his opponent, D. D. Miller, the votes being 494 for Cahill and 284 for ‘Miller. In the first ward three opposing candidates for alderman were bal- loted upon, and L. F. Johnson, after the canvasof the votes, was an easy winner. In the second ward Thomas Smart had no opposition. In the third ward, there were three candidates in the field, E.]. Gould winning by a majerity of 12 over J. Bisiar, who had the next highest vote. The real surprise in tb? election was the large vote received by George W. Rhea, of the Lumber- mens National Bank, against his opponent, ‘George McTaggart, Rhea’s vote being 107, McTaggart’s 86, giving Rhea a safe majorityof 21. When all the elective officers have qualified, together with the officers | holding over the municipal affairs after the first Monday in March will be governed by the following city officers. Mayor, J. P. Pogue. Alderman-at-large, W. A. Gould; aldermen, first ward, William Mc- Cauig, L. F. Johnson; second ward, Anton Erickson, Thomas Smart; third ward, J. E. Washburn E. 7J, Gould; fourth ward, Fred Brink- man, G. W. Rhea. City Clerk, Thomas Maloy. City Treasurer, Earl Geil. Assessor, James Cahill. Justices of the peace, M. G. Slocum and H. A. Simons. 1st Ward 2nd Ward 3rd Ward 4th Ward Total Majority The Growth of Osteopathy. - Twenty years ago there was only one man in the country that knew of Osteopathy. Today there is hardly a man, woman or child whom. has not only heard, but can tell you something - of its practice. Many have been cured of so-called incur- able diseases, others have had friends cured and all have heard of Dr. Andrew T. Still, an old school physi- cian who developed the true ‘and natural method of coping with disease and for want of a better name christened it Osteopathy. A better name would have been Physio- logical healing. Surely no other system of healing has ever gained public recognition and adoption so speedily or so fully. Within fifteen years 40 of the states of the Union have enacted laws placing the Osteo- pathic physician on substantially the same.legal .plane as the old-school practitioners, while court decisions in the remaining states have com- pleted the legalizations. Over 6000 Osteopaths are already in practice in every state and terri- tory of the Unjon, Canada, Mexico and in the leading countries of both Occident and Orient. The treat- ment has gained the highest praise of the most intelligent citizens of the nation. In the “Growth of Osteopathy,” Dr. S. S. Still says. “Itis not sur- prising that some variations, not to say advancements, in the theory as well as the philosophy of medicine marked the closing of the nineteeth century, when we take cognizance of -the fact that these years wit- nessed the discovery of the Roent- gen and other rays, and the demon- stration of the radio-active elements, forces or energies, the differentiation of positive from negative electric- ity, the bacteriological factor in the etiology of disease, the divisibil- ity of the indivisible atom, the theory of ions, electrons, monads, etc, etc. The writer went to Kirks- viile, the mecca of Osteopathy,to see the “old doctor” (Dr. A. T. Still) in the spring of 1894. He found the school. in a little frame building with only one room, one instructor and one small class. In addition to this were the “old doctors” dem- onstrations in the infirmary, which contained eight treating rooms, constantly filled with patients -from many different states. The writer was so favorably-impressed with Osteopathy that he promised the “old doctor” to return and take up the study the next winter. On his return he was astonished at the marvelous change that had taken place in so short a time. A large brick building had been erected |- for school and infirmary purposes, and from that time until June 1898, witnessed an increase in the the number of students from thirty to more than five hundred. Today we have no less than twenty recognized colleges of Osteopathy in the United States. Is thiga “‘fad”? Is it possible that when such men as “Mark Twain”, Opie Read, Senator Foraker, Ex-Gov. John P. Altgeld of. Illinois, and hundreds of other men of national repute will recommend Osteopathy that it is a “fake”? If you have taken treatment and re- ceived no benefit, don’t say you have tried Osteopathy, but that you have tried an Osteopath, for the fault is in the man, not the science. DR. J. H. ORR, Lady Ass’t. Schroder & Schwandt Bldg., Bemidji, Minn. For Sale. One good heater, center table, bed complete and sewing machine will offer at snap rrices for cash. Mrs. G. E. Moyer, 907 Irvine Ave. Bemidji Souvenir Envelopes, printed, advertising the dates for holding the Bemidji. Bible Confer- ence, on sale at the Pioneer office at 15c per package. Local news on last page 5 OUTSIDERS WANT TO GET MINNESOTA HOMESTEADS People Living in Canada and in U. S. Make Inquiries of Land Officers of Cass Commissio No better illustration of the effec- tive work done by the new Minne- sota department of immigration has come to light than that exhibited in a recent statement of the receiver of the United Statesland office, at Cass Lake. The receiver states that his office has been receiving an enormous number of inquiries about govern- ment lands from people in widely separated localities, including the states of Massachusetts, New Jersey, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Kan- sas and other ‘states of the Union, as well as a very large number of people residing in the Canadian northwest. Some of the writers of these letters state that they are repre- senting colonies or a large number of friends. The unusually large number of these inquiries which make refer- ence to the Minnesota state board of immigration, represented by its commissioner, George Welch, leads the officers of the Cass Lake land office to believe that the literature sent out by the immigration depart- ment is respousible for the inquiries. As a result, the officers of the land office have decided in view of the similarity of the requests for infor- mation, to issue a circular printed at their own expense, which will constitute a more specific reply to the questions contained in the let- ters and thus relieve the officers from getting snowed under in at- tempting to write seperate letters to each. In order to be better to frame up such a circular, the officers have requested the immigration depart- Lake.---Good Work of ner Welsh. ment of Minnesota to send a com- plete setof all the different kinds of literature the department is sending out in order that it can the more in" | telligently cover the various points. I As loyal Minnesotans, the officers contend that they cannot do less than to second the work the com- missioner of immigration is doing, even if they have to pay the printer, out of their own pockets, the expense of the circulars. A recent morning’s mail is an illustration of how the Cass Lake land office is being swamped with inquiries as a result of the adver- tising campaign carried on by the Minnésota board of immigration. On the morning in question, there were a large number of queries from people of northwestern Canada claiming to represent a colony of Germans who settled in that sec- tion several years ago, but who have experienced crop failures the past two years owing to the late and early frosts. Two queries came from Ohio; one from Kansas; one from Idaho; two from North Dakota, and, in addition to these, there were a large number of in- quiries from people of Minnesota. “We have two more mail trains dur- ing today’s office hours,” added the official, “‘and this morning’s mail is light considering ‘what will come.” There are hundreds of acres of fine farming lands in Beltrami and adjoining counties which may be secured very cheaply. The land- hungry from the Canadian north- west should back-track to northern Minnesota; it’s the ideal spot for the home-builder. e PAID HIGH GOMPLIMENT | T0 THE GOUNTRY PRESS Secretary of State Julius Schmahl Eulogizes Rural Scribe, in Red Wing Speech. Recently, at Red Wing, Secretary of State Julius Schmahl delivered an eloquent speech, in which be eulo- gized the country editor and the rural press. The speech was so full of wholesome truths, spoken in that forceful manner so characteristic of Mr. Schmahl, that we reproduce what a Red Wing paper said of the speech. “Hon. Julius Schmahl, secretary of state, in an earnest talk paid a fine tribute to the country press. “He spoke first of the editor and called the attention of the mer- chants that the editor was only human; that he was subject to the same frailties and errors as the merchants; he advised the mer- chants to overlook the errors and never forget the editor, things, was a continual boomer for the town and county in which he resided. A few words of encourage- ment to him from the merchants and an encouragement along the substantial line would make him a better editor and a better business man. Mr. Schmahl then said that the country newspaper was the bul- wark of the business interests of the community which it serves. Mr. Schmahl referred to the growth in self-respect which. had come to the country newspapers of Minne- sota in the evolution and growth of the state and emphasized to his listeners that every paper published is the best reflection of its town or community. Every advertise- ment in its Columns tells the story of a live or dead merchant. ““He dwelt upon the loyalty shown by the newspapers in standiug by home and business interests first, last and alt the time and in marked above all | rocate by giving them business. He urged the grocers and retail mer- chants to give the newspaper more loyal support and more business patronage because every dollar in- vested in them is returned many fold in value. He closed by speak- ing of the power of the country press not only in local butin state and national affairs. ‘Today,’said Mr. Schmahl, “we pay tribute to tke memory of Abraham Lincoln. We reconize his great virtues, his states- manship and his achievements. Bear in mind, gentlemen, that the great force behind Lincoln in those stormy days of Civil War was the country press of the nation. It stood by him unswervingly and preached the doctrine of patience which sent the soldiers to the field, and served the nation. Itis doing the same today. It is standing behind in one solid phalanx the fearless and courageous Roosevelt in his demand fora square deal and under-its influence, democ- racy in this land of ours, isto take no backward step.”” The Meistersingers. The fifth number of the Lyceum Course of Lectures, given by the Ladies’ Aid of the Presbyterian church, wili be given at the city hall tomorrow evening. For this occasion they have se- cured the celebrated male quartette, “The Meistersingers.” These gentle- men are considered masters of their art and sing in a manner which first captures the musicians, and later the audience. Their voices are perfectly trained and harmonize in a manner not often met with in a number of singers. The selections are varied, and cal- ulated to meet all tastes. Every person in the city who loves music should not fail to hear them. * The members of the Bemidji high school will give an oyster supper in the building formerly occupied by E. H. Winter & Co’s dry goods de partment on Friday evening from 5 until 7:30 o’clock; also from 11:30 to contrast told of the failure of many banks and business houses to recip™ 1:30 o’clock. Price 35c. Local news on last page