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

A THE BEMIDJI V OLUME 5. NUMBER 259. BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 20, 1908. DAILY PIONEER. FORTY CENTS PER MONTH MINNESOTA OFFERS FINE INDUCEMEN T TO HUSTLER Many opportunities for Success in all Walks of Life Are at Hand in “North Star’ > State.---Commissioner Welsh Gives Facts. In a recently-published booklet entitled “Minnesota,” George Welsh, state commissioner of immigration, has given a whole lot of valuable in- formation concerninz the “North Star” state. Under the heading of “Opportunities,” Mr. Welsh says: “As you read the pages of this| little booklet you may lay it aside and say ‘Minnesota is a great state, but there is no opening there for me,’ but there is an opening there for you, a golden opportunity, there are opportunities in Minnesota for men in every walk of life. “For the capitalist there is an almost unlimited field for safe and profitable investment. The rapid growing cities and villages in the central and southern parts of the state as well as the new towns that’ are springing up in the northern| region need more capital, they need | bankers, merchants and promoters, and no state in the Union holds out better inducements for investment by the capalist than all all parts of Minnesota. “To the manufacturer, conditions for you could hardly be better. With hundreds of thousands of horse- power in our rivers lving idle, with fuel so cheap for steam propelling purposes, with our unparralled rail- road and waterway transportation facilities, and many other equally important factors to the manufac-| turer, how could a state appeal to you more forcibly than does Minne- sota? There are innumerable oppor- tunities here for manufacturing in almost any branch, in fact so| many that we will not at-| tempt to enumerate them. How- ever, we might remind you that we' have many natural resources in ad-| dition to the numerous waterpowers which will assist the manufacturer. Hardwood timber for furniture and | wondenware, clay for brick, pottery and tiling, stone for cement,raw iron for ironworks, pulpwood for paper mills, quarries of granite, limestone and sandstone for stone works, won- derfull productions of wheat for flour, flax tfor oil and fibre, potatoes for starch, sugarbeets for sugar, in fact, we have more resourses to | attract the prudent man who is look- ing for a location for a manufactur- | | ing plant than auny state in the Union. “To the professional man: ~Why do you the moment you get your “Sheepskin” turn your face west- ward as soon as the college door is closed behind you? Stop in Minne- sota where a permanent and profit- able field awaits you. The steady growth of Minnesota in its devel- oped portions demands more doc- tors, dentists, lawyers and other professional men, while in the northern part of the state new towns are being built, new counties formed and new territories popu- lated and developed which afford active fields for professionel men. “To the farmer: It seems that enough has already been said to convince you that Minnesota is the place for you. The very best of land in southern, central and west- ern Minnesota. highly developed and lying near towns, schools, with good roads, rural free deliveries, telephone lines, etc., at your very door, can be bought for from $25 to $50 per acre, while if you wish to go a little farther north you can buy raw timber and prairie land at $4.00 per acre and upward. With over five million acres of state and government land to be had, almost for the asking, what better offer could be made to the hustler than to come to Minnesota. Labor- ‘ing men also find a field in Minne- sota, and statistics show that Min- nesota’s wages are as high, and in many cases higher, than in any other states. Our farms and factor- ies, our forests and mines, to say nothing of our railroad and lake traffic, always afford a field for the laboring man. “—Minnesota is an empire within itself, covering a distance of four hundred miles north and south, and three hundred and fifty-four miles east and west at extreme points. It will therefore be readily seen by the reader that the pro- ducts and possibilities of Minnesota are of necessity somewhat varied, making it impossible with our limited space to accurately discuss them all, but if you will write to the State Board of Immigration they will be only too glad to furnish you any information you may de- sire.” MISSIONARY L. G. WARD DISAPPEARS AT WALKER Distributes Advertising Matter for Even- ing Meeting and Fails to Appear.--- Disappearance a Mystery. [ Walker, Eeb. 20.—(Special to| Pioneer.)—L. C. Ward, the 1umber.; jack “sky pilot” as he is commonly | known, has mysteriously disappeared, and at this writing no trace of him has been found’ Mr. Ward commenced holding evenglistic meetings in the M. E. church Monday night. Wednesday afternoon he distribured his leaflets around town, urging all whom he met to come out to the meeting for that evening. The last seen of him was at 7 o’clock Wednesday evening when he went to the church to build afire for the evening service. After starting the fire he left the church. At 7:30 the people began to arrive and waited for him until 8 o'clock, and shortly before 8 o’clock there was a good sized crowd awaiting Mr, Ward. They waited for a reasonable length of time and the meeting was dismissed and searching parties sent for the miss- ing man. His room at the Chase hotel was unoccupied that night and his whereabouts is much of a mystery here. All possible inquiries are being made to locate the man. Naturally people believe that he has met with some accident. Mr. Ward is well known in north- ern Minnesota, where he has been doing ‘evanglistic work for the lum- bering camps for several years. Mr. Ward is well known in the lumber camps in Beltrami county, having worked here for the past two years. It is feared at Walker that he has met with some mishap and a thor- ough search is peing made for his whereabouts. Send ’Em Over Here Judge. Cass Lake Times: Lake harbors more than a hundred of the prettist widows and marriageable girls of the northwest and they mean business, since their chance comes but once in four years. We are informed that a persistent campaign has been decided upon and all marriageable men, not already tied up, will be given the necessary warn- ing to prepare for the onslaught. As intimated in a previous issue of The Times, arrows will not be tolerated and the little god with a quiver full of darts must stand back while the battles are fought. We expect to be in possession of their code of pre- cedure before our next issue, and right now, while there is a chance to escape, all bachelors and all timid widowers should take notice and leave if they lack the courage to go through the ordeal that confronts them, Cass GODATTE’S TRIAL NOW ON ~ AT INTERNATIONAL FALLS Court Convened Tuesday and Entire Time Since Been Taken with Selection of Jury.- Ninety-nine Veniremen Ex- amined.---Eleven Men Selected. JURORS IN GODATTE CASE Benjamin W. Bacon, International Falls. Ed. Eck, International Falls. H. W. Mannery, Littlefork. John Steffer, Black River. R. Christenson, Black River. A. B. Paul, Thomas White, International Falls. Littlefork. Carl Murray, Black- River. Lon Powell, Black River. Olaf Rathe, International Falls. N. P. Nelson, Waterous. International Falls, Feb. 20.—The tenth juror in the Godatte case was secured just prior to the adjourn- ment of the district court here Wednesday evening, the entire day having been spent in getting three jurors, «seven having been selected Tuesday. In all sisty-three resi. dents of the county were examined in the endeavor to get the twelve jurors, thirteen from the old panel being tried and two special ven- ires of twenty each being exhausted, before ten were acccpted. A spec- ial venire of twenty-five was issued Wednesday evening returnable Thursday morning, fifteen from Northome and ten from Ranier. Godatte, who is being tried on the charge of murder in the first the killing of Carlos Big Falls, and degree, for Williams at and is - cool collected appears but little worried at the prospective outcome of the trial. He asserts that the killing was done in self- defense. It is expected that the remain- ing two jurors be secured before noon today, and that the trial of Godatte fwill be taken up this afternoon. The triers appointed for the Godatte case are the following: O. M. Skinvik, George H. Welsh and M. V. Kane. In securing the jury the defense used eleven peremptory will challenges and the state used eight. This leaves nine for the defense and two for the state. 2 p. m.—Court adjourned at noon today after having examined twenty-six new. weniremen. From the twenty-six exariined, “but one new juryman was secured. Ola'lf‘ Rache, International Falls. At this writing there have been in all ninety- nine veniremen examined, from which eleven jurymen have been secured. At noon today, Judge Spooner ordered another special venire of fifteen men, venire made returnable at three o'clock this afternoon. Bench warrents have been issued for three veniremen, who were sub- pbened, but did not not appear, as required of them in the . copy left with them by the sheriff. Judging from the close examina- tions of the proposed jurymen, the defense, no doubt intends putting up a strong claim of self-defense. One of the notable features in the court room is the three children of Godatte, who are sitting beside him, and who no.doubt.will remain with him during the trial. : Printing The Pioneer Prirtery Is Equipped with Modern Machinery, in Beltrami county, and we are leaders in Commercial Printing. Try us; we'll Suit you. Up-to-date Type Faces, and the Largest Stock of Flat Papers, Ruled Goods and Stationery of All Kinds in Northern Minnesota. We have the higheetrsala-ried Printers In a letter to the Pioneer, State Auditor Samuel G. Iverson an- nounced that he has decided to hold a state land sale next summer, and that the dates for holding the sales have been determined as follows: Bagley, June 27, 1 p. m. Walker, June 30, 5 p. m. Park Rapids, July 1, 10 a. m. Wadena, July 2, 11 a. m. Detroit, July 2, 4. p. m. Aitkin, July 6, 11 a. m. Duluth, July, 7,10 a. m. Grand Rapids, July 8, 9 a. m. BEMID]JI, JULY 9, 10 a. m. International Falls, July 10, 10 a. m. SALE OF STATE LANDS WILL BE HELD NEXT JUNE-JULY State Auditor Iverson Announces Sale.---Will Be at Bemidji July 9.---Believed that 1908 Sale Will Be Best Yet Held. Owing to the good work which has been done in advertising to the world at large the many opportuni- ties for business openings, and the fact that most excellent farming lands can be purchased from tne State of Minnesota (as ‘well as lprivate individuals) at very small |figures per acre, a great deal of interest has been awakened in- other states concerning lands in northern Minnesota. As a result of this interest it is but right to assume that the sale of state lands to be held on the dates given above will be by far the most successful sale yet held by the state auditor’s office. —_— e e The trial is creating a great deal of interest in this section of the county, as is evidenced by the large crowds of people who are constant visitors in the court room. It is expected that the jury will be completed some time this evening and that County Attorney Stanton will open the case tonight. C. W. Scrutchin, the Bemidji colored attorney, who is conducting Godatte’s case is watching the case very closely and expects to putup a strong defense. Maccabees Meet. A meeting of the “Ladies of the Maccabees” will be held at the home of Mrs. Charles Knopke, Friday evening Feb. 21, when several new members will be initiated into the order. The local order is composed of earnest workers who are doing all they can to promote the fraternity’s interests in this town. The past state commander and the district deputy will be present at the meeting to assist in the work. Dancers Attention. For the benefit of those attending the dance tomorrow night, the Be_ midji High School Athletics Associa. tion will serve a supper at the Win- ters’ blocli from 11:30 o’clock until 1.30. BEN STEENERSON DID NOT GOMMIT SUIGIDE Naval Board Decides that Death of Congressman Steenerson’s Son Was Accidental. Newport, R. I, Feb. 20.—That Private Benjamin J. Steenerson ot the marine corps, who with his com- rade, John M. McIntosh, was drowned off a tugboat in Narra- gansett bay last Sunday did not commit suicideand had not been drinking, was the report tonight of naval board which has been investi- gating the details of the two men. Ithad been suggested that the two men had committed suicide, or that there had been foul play, The naval board learned that McIntosh had fallen overboard and that the tug had turned around and had been searching for him about 20 minutes when Steenerson thinking he saw his comrade, reached for him and, losing his balance, fell overboard. He cried for help and tried to reach the life buoy which had been thrown out, but the buoy drifted rap- idly away and Steenerson sank. These facts, the board declares, prove that Steenerson did not com- mit suicide, and it has been estab- lished that the young man had not been drinking. L Congressman Steenerson, who came here from Washingfon, to investigate the matter, corroborated the report of the board. He will remain here to direct the search for WARDEN OF STATE “PEN” PLEADS FOR CHILDREN Criminologist Says that Most Criminal Careers Have Their Origin in Neg- lected Childhood. Minneapolis Journal: “The neg- lected child is the budding possi- bility of a future criminal—a crim- inal if he have spirit and courage; a pauper if he has not” This statement was made by Warden Henry Wolfer of the Minnesota state prison last night, in his talk before the Men’s club of the Lyndale Con- gregational church, on “The Rela- tion of the Church to the Criminal Classes 4 The neglected child, placed in vicious environments, is almost surely doomed to perdition,” he said. “I say child advisedly, be- cause my experience has taught me that if a child does not show some’marked evidence of wayward- ness before the age of 14 years, it will not thereafter go wrong unless placed under unusual stress of tem- tation. “Our first duty, then, is to see that every child is at least reason- ably well born; secound, that the child is provided with a good home, and if the parents cannot or will not provide such a home the state or community must take charge and see that it has that which God intended all of his children to have; and, third toguard well the associations and environment of the child.” Cigarette smoking among the young was branded as the - stepping stone to a criminal career in the man. “If you want to save the boy and kill off one of the most active influences which help to make criminals, stop it, for God’s sake and for the sake of humanity. The elements of criminality usually find easy lodg- ment in the unprotected youth,” declared Mr. Wolfer. “In the best institutions we all try to teach those character elements that make for manhood and woman- hood; those elements that should have been taught in well-regulated homes. I fear the danger of institu- tional taint in the young. To pre- vent this we should provide them with good homes as quickly as possi- ble after they have come under the care of the state. Many first offend- ers, after conviction, could be placed on probation until reasonabley ' safe for permanent release.” The benefits of the indeterminate sentence and release on parole dur- ing good behavior were spoken of at length and shown to be meeting with a more general use by the courts of the land. The Meister Singers. We wish to announce that owing to the illnessof some persons com- posing the quartette, “The Meister. singers,” entertainment “will not be given thisevening as announced. Mrs. Wilson Miss Haldman. his son’s body. Ignl news on last page SRS DA